BANGOR (AP) — A 66- year-old Maine man police say claimed to have a grenade and a gun when he robbed a Hallowell bank in June has pleaded not guilty.
John Cecil Slater entered his plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court and remains in custody.
Prosecutors say Slater, wearing a straw hat and sports coat, robbed a Bank of Maine branch on June 23, making off with $15,000.
Slater was arrested in New Hampshire on July 9 after several people recognized the suspect’s image from bank surveillance that appeared in the media.
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