Robbers Try Robbing Branford Bank - After It’s Closed

BRANFORD, CT — Memo to future bank robbers: If you are going to try and rob a bank you should probably do it when the bank is open.

Police Chief Kevin Halloran was telling the Board of Police Commissioners at their most recent meeting that two New Jersey men attempted to rob the Key Bank in Branford on January 27th.

The chief said there was one problem, however. “They should have checked to see when the bank was open. They came after the bank was closed for the day.”

Halloran joked that the two potential bank robbers “should have been on dumbest criminals” television show.

The chief added that the two “were persistent,” noting that after Branford they headed to Killingworth – where they found a TD Bank open – and did rob that bank.

The two suspects headed down I-95 and were eventually apprehended in East Haven by state police.

Lavon Young and David Earle, both of New Jersey, were charged with robbery in the 1st degree, larceny in the 3rd degree, larceny in the 6th degree and breach of peace.