CRANBURY: Police convict Bank robber after two years

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http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/10/13/cranbury_press/news/doc4e973c6551d00979727362.txt

David Kilby, Managing Editor

CRANBURY — The Cranbury police have helped track down a man who allegedly robbed six different banks in Middlesex and Somerset counties.

Dean Vourderis was convicted Sept. 20 of robbing the Cranbury PNC Bank at 2664 Route 130 on May 8, 2009. As a result of testimony given during that court case, he now will be prosecuted on charges relating to five other bank robberies in Middlesex and Somerset counties.

He will be sentenced for the 2009 case Nov. 14, said Chief Rickey Varga, of the Cranbury police.

“Prosecutors will have an easier time convicting him on the other (five) robberies,” said Cranbury Committeeman James Taylor, police liaison.
Three officers from Cranbury testified during the court case.

No other customers were in the business at the time when Mr. Vourderis entered the bank and demanded money from a teller via a note, said former Cranbury Chief Ed Kahler to The Cranbury Press in 2009.

Mr. Vourderis was on the premises for no more than three minutes before he made away with an undisclosed amount of money, he said.

“He did not get much at all,” is all Chief Kahler would say of the amount.

Bank employees alerted police while the suspect was still in the building but by the time officers arrived only minutes later, they discovered the bandit was gone, he said.

Cranbury detectives later looked through E-Z Pass video surveillance while investigating the 2009 robbery and saw Mr. Vourderis’ car going through an E-

Z Pass toll.

Detective Peter Ziegler had the idea to look through the E-Z Pass videos. It took him hours to find Mr. Vourderis’ car, according to Mr. Taylor.

Mr. Taylor said these kinds of cases usually aren’t this easy to solve.

“Cranbury has been involved in a number of FBI and police investigations,” Mr. Taylor said.

He said even though Cranbury is only about a 12-square mile town, there is a lot of serious crime that occurs in Cranbury due to the warehouse district and Route 130.

There were five criminal investigations last month, 14 arrests, six warrants, and five thefts and shoplifting crimes. Mr. Taylor said these are all about average numbers.

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I don't know about anyone else, but the last sentence of this article concerns me if these are normal numbers.

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These are normal numbers. Most of the crime involves the warehouses and route 130.

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