Nearby: Dormont Dogs Owner Arrested for Bank Robberies

Pittsburgh police arrested a Dormont Borough restaurant owner in connection with two local bank robberies.

Captain Barnes, 37, of Dormont, was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with robbing a PNC Bank branch on Brookline Boulevard on Monday. Barnes is a co-owner of Dormont Dogs.

He also will be charged with robbing the Citizens Bank branch of a Giant Eagle in Pittsburgh's South Side area on Wednesday morning.

According to a report by the Pittsburgh police, Barnes walked into the PNC Bank in Brookline at around 10:50 a.m. on Monday, told a teller that he was armed with a gun and demanded $10,000 in cash. After the teller gave him an undisclosed amount, he told the teller not to call the police and that he had planted a bomb in the bank. He then fled on foot.

On Wednesday morning at around 10:45 a.m., Barnes walked into the Citizens Bank branch of the South Side Giant Eagle and demanded cash from two tellers. According to the police report, he threatened to harm the tellers if they did not comply. As Barnes was leaving the bank, he was stopped by a Giant Eagle store manager, a store employee and another customer and held until police officers arrived.

Barnes is charged with five counts of robbery and is being held in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting arraignment on Wednesday night.

This article originally appeared on the Dormont-Brookline Patch.

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