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Oct 29, 2009 2:46 pm US/Eastern

Arrest In East Bridgewater Robbery, Bomb Scare

EAST BRIDGEWATER (WBZ) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 3: Police say this surveillance photo of the suspect led them to Jason Yeshulas.
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Click to enlarge 2 of 3: A member of the bomb squad approaches a robot used to go into the bank.
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Click to enlarge 3 of 3: East Bridgewater Savings Bank was evacuated after the robbery.
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A New Bedford man has been charged with robbing a bank in East Bridgewater earlier this week and causing a bomb scare.

32-year-old Jason Yeshulas was arrested in his George Street apartment late Wednesday night.

Investigators say they found him trying to hide in a bedroom closet. Officers also found "a significant sum of money" and items worn by the robber, who was photographed by a surveillance camera.

Police say Yeshulas walked into the East Bridgewater Savings Bank on Tuesday, robbed it, and then left a suspicious white shopping bag on the teller's counter and said it was a bomb.

Officers evacuated the bank and the State Police bomb squad was called in.

The bag was empty and no one was hurt.

Police say Yeshulas got away with $8,500.

He's charged with armed robbery, making a false bomb threat, and possession or placement of a hoax device.

He was arraigned Thursday in Brockton District Court on those charges and other outstanding warrants.

Yeshulas is being held on $250,000 bail. He's due back in court November 23.