Gonzalez is also a suspect in a bank robbery of a TD Bank branch at the Holyoke Mall.
SPRINGFIELD - City detectives on Wednesday arrested 25-year-old Gumersindo Gonzalez of Springfield in connection with a bank robbery Sunday at a TD Bank branch at 1800 Boston Road, police said.
Sgt. John Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William Fitchet, said Gonzalez was arrested in front of 75 Longhill Road by detectives under the command of Capt. Peter Dillon.
He was charged with two counts of armed robbery while masked and single counts of communicating a bomb threat in the commission of a robbery and armed robbery.
Gonzalez was also charged with being a suspect in a recent robbery at another TD Bank branch at the Holyoke Mall, Delaney said.
Holyoke and Springfield police cooperated on the investigation.
Police are still looking for two other suspects in the Springfield robbery.
In that robbery, three men wearing sunglasses and hooded sweatshirts entered the bank at about 11:25 a.m. Sunday. They handed a note demanding money to a teller and fled on foot after she gave them an undisclosed amount of cash. The men claimed to have a bomb.
This investigation is ongoing and more arrests are possible, Delaney said.
People with information are asked to call the Springfield Police Detective Bureau at (413) 787-6355. Those who wish to remain anonymous may text a tip via a cell phone by addressing a text message to “CRIMES,” or "274637," and then beginning the body of the message with the word "SOLVE."