Srodulcki, of Warren, and Gallagher, of West Brookfield, were arrested for the attempted robbery of the Bank of Western Massachusetts.
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Springfield police cars outside the Bank of Western Massachusetts, 1630 Boston Road, which was the scene of an attempted robbery Friday afternoon.SPRINGFIELD – Police arrested a 27-year-old Warren man and a 23-year-old woman from West Brookfield Friday afternoon for the attempted robbery of the Bank of Western Massachusetts, 1630 Boston Road, police said.
The pair was stopped when Springfield and Ludlow police boxed in their getaway car on Center Street in Ludlow at about 2:15 p.m., roughly 20 minutes after the attempted robbery was reported, said Sgt. John M. Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet.
Arrested were Jeffery Srodulcki of 23 Bacon Road, Warren, and Chazeri Gallagher of 29 East Main St., West Brookfield.
Each was charged with attempted robbery.
The pair was also charged an additional count of unarmed robbery by Ludlow police in connection the robbery Thursday of Chicopee Savings Bank on Center Street, said Sgt. Thomas F. Foye.
Delaney said Srodulcki walked into the bank with a hooded sweatshirt covering his face and handed a teller a note demanding cash. No weapon was shown but the note indicated he was armed, Delaney said.
This suspect was taken into custody by Springfield police Friday following the robbery of the Bank of Western Massachusetts on Boston Road.For some reason Srodulcki “got spooked and ran out of the bank,” Delaney said.
As he ran from the bank with his hoodie still covering his face, he was spotted by Springfield detective Thomas Korzec, who was driving by the bank in an unmarked police car.
Korzec observed Srodulcki run behind the Firestone Auto Care, 1666 Boston Road, where he climbed into a white Ford Escort, driven by Gallagher.
Korzec radioed for back up and continued to tail the car down Boston Road to Parker Street and ultimately into Ludlow. When enough cars were in position, they blocked the car in in the area of 152 Center St., Delaney said.
No money was taken in the attempted robbery.
Foye said Ludlow police were able to determine Srodulcki and Gallagher were involved in the Thursday robbery in Ludlow.
In that robbery a man with a hooded sweatshirt passed a note to a teller and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Foye said police were able to determine the white Ford was used as a getaway vehicle in both incidents.