May was apprehended by Holyoke police as they spotted him walking out a building at South Bridge and Hamilton streets.
Richard May
HOLYOKE - A man wanted by police as a suspect in three separate robberies in Greenfield over the last few weeks has been arrested in Holyoke, police said.
Holyoke Police Sgt. Kevin Thomas said Holyoke police stopped and arrested Richard May at about 8 p.m. Wednesday as they spotted him leaving a building at South Bridge and Hamilton streets.
May, 38, was charged with an outstanding arrest warrant issued by Greenfield. He is being held overnight without bail in Holyoke and will be brought to Holyoke District Court in the morning and from there be transferred to Greenfield where he will be charged in connection with the the bank robberies.
Surveillance footage from a Feb. 17 robbery, top photo, and a March 3 robbery at TD Bank, 324 Main St., Greenfield. A man suspected by police of being the robber was apprehended Wednesday in Holyoke.
May has been identified by Greenfield police as a suspect in the March 13 robbery of Greenfield Cooperative Bank, as well as separate robberies on Feb. 17 and March 3 at the TD Bank branch on Main Street.
In each robbery, the suspect was masked, wore gloves and threatened tellers with a black handgun.
In the March 13 robbery, a witness saw the robber leaving in a car and was able to provide police with a description of the vehicle.
Police later found the vehicle and information from the car led them to identify May as the robbery suspect. Similarities with the other two robberies made him a suspect in those as well, Greenfield police have said.