Atlantic City Man Arrested for Absecon Bank Robbery Tuesday Afternoon

Absecon Police and the FBI arrested an Atlantic City man for robbing a bank in Absecon Tuesday afternoon.

Around lunchtime Tuesday, officers responded to the Absecon branch of TD Bank on the White Horse Pike at Mill Road for a bank robbery. The suspect, described as a black male, about 5' 8", weighing about 300 pounds, gave the teller a note demanding money. The teller handed over an undetermined amount of cash and the suspect fled on Mill Road and was observed getting into a TRICARE ambulance. The ambulance was recovered in Egg Harbor Township and was impounded.

The suspect was identified through surveillance photos as 26-year-old Joseph P. Wilson of Atlantic City. Wilson was located at a residence in Pleasantville and was taken into custody without incident. Wilson was charged with one count of robbery and lodged in the Atlantic County Justice Facility.

Anyone who may have witnessed anything is asked to contact Absecon Police Department at (609) 641-0667.