An alert off-duty detective has helped catch an alleged serial bank robber.

David Carroccia (Morris County Prosecutor's Office)
David Carroccia (Morris County Prosecutor's Office)
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David Carroccia faces four counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery.

Citing court records, the Daily Record of Parsippany reports an off-duty Mount Olive detective spotted the Warren resident's Mitsubishi Galant on Route 78 that matched a description of the getaway car.

The 28-year-old Carroccia was caught on surveillance pictures dressed in a suit jacket and tie and wearing a hat. He is being held on $500,000 bail.

The suspect's mother tells the newspaper her son recently finished computer school and told her had recently landed a job in New York that was supposed to start this week.

He's accused of robbing banks in Parsippany, Mount Olive and Lincoln Park.

 

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