SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Police Department announced that a Syracuse man who was wanted for robbing a bank branch in Syracuse’s Eastwood section last Friday morning has turned himself in to local police in New Jersey.
Syracuse police said the M&T Bank branch at 424 Grant Blvd. in the city was robbed just after 9 a.m. on Friday. A male suspect entered the bank, walked up to a teller, and presented a note demanding money. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, he left the bank on foot through a parking lot toward Grant Blvd., per the police.
Paul Comforti, 41, of Syracuse, entered the Fairfield, New Jersey Police Department at about 7 a.m. on Sunday morning and told officers that he had robbed the bank in Syracuse. He turned in what he had left of the proceeds from the robbery, according to a Syracuse Police news release.
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The Syracuse Police Department has issued a warrant of arrest for Comforti for robbery in the third degree. He is currently being held in New Jersey awaiting extradition proceedings.
Syracuse police are asking anyone with information on the robbery to contact them at (315) 442-5222. All calls will remain confidential. Anonymous tips may also be submitted using the “SPD Tips” app.
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