Police name suspect in bank robberies

(WWLP) - Police have identified a suspect in two attempted bank robberies Thursday afternoon -- 40 year-old Darren Crosby.

In a news release, Springifeld Police Sgt. John Delaney said the first attempted robbery happened shortly before noon at the People's Bank branch on South Street in Holyoke.

Holyoke Police Sergeant Michael Sheedy told 22News a suspect slipped a note to a teller, but ran out of the bank before he could get any cash.

A few minutes later, a similar incident unfolded in the Bank of America branch on Main Street in Springfield.

The Ludlow Police Department has also identified Crosby as a suspect in a recent bank robbery in their town.

If you have any information on Crosby's location, you’re asked to call the Criminal Investigation Bureau at 413-787-6355. If anyone spots Crosby, they should call 9-1-1 right away. Police believe that he will try another robbery in western Massachusetts.