Waltham Couple Arrested for Watertown Bank Robbery

Watertown Police tracked the two alleged bank robbers to a hotel in Brockton.

Watertown Police detectives have arrested a Waltham couple suspected of robbing a Citizens Bank branch in Watertown on Monday, Dec. 3. Justin W. O’Connell, 28, and Erin R. Aspinwall, 29, both of of 49 Derby St. Apt. 1 in Waltham, each face a charge of unarmed robbery, according to Watertown Police.  O'Connell allegedly approached a teller at the bank inside the Stop & Shop on Pleasant Street shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, showed a note asking for money and left the store. He tried to hide in the trunk of a car driven by Aspinwall, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. The bank had a surprise for the robbers, however. "The car was parked in the fire lane (outside Stop & Shop) and a witness observed him come out and climb into the trunk…

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