ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Police here say a tandem of multi-jurisdictional law enforcement has arrested the man who is believed to have walked into Bank of America on Feb. 2, calmly announced a robbery, and then made off with nearly $3,000 cash.
John Nottingham, 73, of Englewood, was already wanted for robbing Valley National Bank in Hackensack on Oct. 20, 2018, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation immediately noticed similarities between the two robberies, Englewood police told Northern Valley Press.
The FBI had already filed an arrest warrant for Nottingham for armed robbery, saying he was the suspect who made off with $10,000 from the Hackensack bank branch. But they had not been able to locate or arrest Nottingham, police said.
The Bank of America Englewood robbery suspect—caught on camera clean-shaven and calmly walking along Engle Street on the way to the Feb. 2 robbery—strongly resembled Nottingham, who had a mustache during the 2018 Hackensack robbery.
On Feb. 15, as a result of a CrimeStoppers tip that Englewood Detectives received, Nottingham was arrested without incident in the ShopRite parking lot at Englewood’s Palisade Court shopping complex, police said.
Investigators then determined Nottingham had been staying on-and-off in a South Hackensack hotel room. A search of that room yielded evidence directly linking Nottingham to both robberies, police said. They also recovered $1,500, believed to be proceeds from the Bank of America heist, they said.
“This was a great example of an effective multi-jurisdictional investigation that resulted in two very serious crimes being solved,” Englewood police said. “CrimeStoppers once again played an important role in bringing a serious case to a successful conclusion by fostering help from the public in cooperation with our Law Enforcement Officers.”
Nottingham is charged with armed robbery and state weapons crimes in connection with the October 2018 Hackensack incident, Englewood police said. He’s been turned over to the FBI, and federal charges related to the Englewood incident are forthcoming, police said.