A man from South Carolina with an extensive criminal history has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery in Westbrook.
Police took into custody 61-year-old Jean Gendron on Thursday as he was getting off of a bus in New Hampshire.
Authorities claim that Gendron robbed the Chase Bank branch at Rock Row on Wednesday morning.
CBS 13 reports that police records indicate that, Gendron has a long history of bank robberies; having been arrested twice in North Carolina for similar offenses.
In both crimes, he has been accused of fleeing the scene in a stolen vehicle.
According to the police, his records also indicate that Gendron also has a history of Arson; having set his ex-girlfriend’s house on fire.
Gendron’s arrest follows the robbery of two Portland banks just days earlier.
Police have not yet confirmed any connection between those robberies and the Westbrook incident.
