Suspect in PNC Bank 'fedora' hold-up arrested after checking on unpaid parking tickets

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Newark Police arrested, Dexter Bland, 44, of New Castle, in connection with the robbery the PNC Bank branch in the Newark Shopping Center near Main Street at about 9 a.m. on  Aug. 1.  A release from the department said many tips were received,  following the publication of photos of the suspect wearing a fedora and sport coat who made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

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However, Bland made the job easier for police when he walked into Alderman Court 40 on Thursday to  ask about unpaid traffic tickets.

He is now being held on $25,000 bail at Howard Young Correctional Institute, Wilmington.