Man Charged After Allegedly Stealing from Berkshire Bank
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Tuesday, July 11, Angel Nunez, age 52 of Troy, NY, was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court.
Nunez was charged with the following:
- Larceny Over $1200 By False Presence
- Identity Fraud, 2 counts
- RMV Document, Forge/Misuse, 2 counts
- Attempt to Commit Crime
- The Honorable Judge Pasquariello set $15,000 cash bail. The Commonwealth requested a $25,000 cash bail. Defense requested $2,500 cash bail.
Nunez was arrested on July 10 at approximately 3:20pm after Pittsfield Police were dispatched to Berkshire Bank for a report of a male attempting to make a cash withdrawal using fraudulent identification.
While police were enroute, Berkshire Bank employees reported the individual left the bank. Police were able to locate Nunez based on a description employees gave and the direction he walked after he left the bank.
Officers located Nunez walking near Crane Avenue. When police officers located Nunez, they connected him to an attempted larceny at the same bank branch on June 27.
Based on the alleged attempted larceny that day and his alleged connection to the June 27 attempted larceny, Nunez was placed under arrest.
Prior to the attempted larceny on July 10, Nunez allegedly attempted larceny at the same Berkshire Bank branch on June 27. On that day, Nunez attempted to withdraw $9,200 from a Berkshire Bank account. A bank teller questioned Nunez based on the identification he presented and the name he tried to used. Nunez quickly left the bank after questioning began. Berkshire Bank provided Pittsfield Police with surveillance photos from the June 27 incident.
Nunez is also suspected to have fraudulently withdrawn $8,700 dollars from a Berkshire Bank branch on Elm Street, Pittsfield on June 23. In this case, Nunez presented a New York driver's license with a photo matching his appearance but using a different name. The true account holder reported shortly after that someone had withdrawn $8,700 from his account.
On June 29, Police investigating the June 23rd larceny spoke with Elm Street Berkshire Bank branch employees who identified Nunez as the individual who made the fraudulent withdrawal on June 23.
