Cops: DNA connects convicted bank robber to 2009 Ansonia heist

By Register Staff
ANSONIA >> Police say DNA has tied a Waterbury man with two previous bank robbery convictions to a five-year-old robbery here.
Dennis Wilson, 42, was taken into custody late last month by detectives and returned to Connecticut from a New York prison to face charges of first-degree robbery and second-degree larceny, police Lt. Andrew Cota said Tuesday in a press release. Wilson, who is being held on $250,000 bail, was scheduled to appear Tuesday at state Superior Court in Derby.
Wilson is accused of robbing the former Naugatuck Valley Savings Bank, 75 Tremont St., in 2009. Cota said $8,359 was taken.

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