Bank Robber Arrested in Pottstown

Michael P. Bellini, charged yesterday in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania with the robberies of the Citibank branch located at 1211 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, on December 31, 2009, and January 6, 2010, was arrested earlier this evening by officers from the Pottstown Police Department.

The Pottstown Police Department received an anonymous tip call that Bellini was staying in a motel in Pottstown, and they located him inside a room and took him into custody without incident. Following his arrest, he was turned over to the custody of the FBI pursuant to the Federal arrest warrant issued yesterday.

The identification of Bellini, and the tip that led to his apprehension by the Pottstown Police Department, were the result of media coverage of the two bank robberies and of his fugitive status.