Three Brooklyn men arrested for robbing two banks of $5 million, other valuables
Three Brooklyn men were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged roles in at least two bank burglaries – one in Brooklyn and one Queens – that took place earlier this year, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Roughly $5 million in cash and valuables were collectively taken from a Brooklyn HSBC branch and a Maspeth Federal Savings Bank branch in Queens, in April and May respectively, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced alongside Diego Rodriquez, assistant director-in-charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI and New York City NYPD Police Commissioner William Bratton on Tuesday, July 26.
Michael Mazzara, 44, Charles Kerrigan, 40, and Anthony Mascuzzio, 36, are each being charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank burglary and one count of bank burglary after surveillance footage captured the trio “preparing to execute the burglaries,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Additional financial records and video show Mazzara and Mascuzzio purchasing a few of the supplies that connect with the Maspeth burglary.