On November 1, 2025 at approximately 9:19am, Middletown Police Officers responded to Liberty Bank at 460 South Main Street for the report of a robbery. Witnesses told officers a white male walked into the bank and implied that he had a weapon. Employees complied with the suspect’s demands for money and he left with an undetermined amount of cash.  Detectives from the department’s Major Investigations Unit promptly developed 61-year-old Bruce Vaughan as the sole suspect in this incident.     

On November 5, 2025 at approximately 1:30am, Vaughan was located at a hotel in Meriden, CT.  Middletown Police and Meriden Police personnel negotiated with Vaughan until approximately 8:00am when he surrendered and was taken into custody without incident.

Vaughan was charged with Robbery in the 1^st degree, Larceny in the 3^rd degree, and threatening in the 2^nd degree.     He was also charged with two counts of Violation of Probation and held on a total of $225,000 in bonds pending his arraignment in Middlesex Superior Court on 11/6/25.  Vaughan has two prior convictions in Connecticut for Robbery in the 2^nd degree and was on probation at the time of this incident.