Credit: Falls Township police
DNA and items in a wallet were used to connect a Trenton man to a Falls Township bank robbery, police said Monday.
Todd R. White, 52, was arrested in Trenton by the U.S. Marshal Service and arraigned in Bucks County recently on charges of robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, terroristic threats, simple assault and reckless endangerment,
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Falls authorities alleged White robbed the PNC Bank located in the 300 block of West Trenton Avenue in Falls’ Morrisville section around 11:10 a.m. on June 6, 2017, He pulled down a ski mask and demanded the teller turn over cash or she would be hurt. He then fled the bank.
White reportedly told the teller not to put a GPS tracker in the bag with the cash, but one was inserted and tracked to the area of Edgewood Avenue in Trenton. The area where the GPS led detectives was an apartment building.
Police said they began investigating and found black velour track pants with White’s wallet and identification. About $125 in cash was also found in the wallet.
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Around the same time, a woman approached police and said her neighbor – White – borrowed her car around 10 a.m. on June 6. She said he returned the car but still had the keys. A detective obtained evidence from the scene.
A detective in Falls recovered the handmade ski mask believed to be used by the bank robber and noted it appeared uneven like the suspect’s in survalliance video.
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Investigators were able to obtain a DNA from White and compare it to samples found on the pants and mask from the robbery. In late October 2017, the samples came back as a match and an arrest warrant was filed for White, police said.
White was remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $500,000 bail.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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