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Police Arrest Suspect in Serial Newark Bank Robberies

Newark police say a suspect in a series of bank robberies in the city has been captured.

Authorities say 31-year-old Nicholas R. Vaughn was arrested Friday evening by Maryland State Police after a vehicle pursuit that began in a bank parking lot in Newark.

Police were sent to the bank after an employee called 911 about a man matching the description of the serial bank robber.

Arriving officers also recognized the man, who sped away. Newark police contacted Maryland State Police, who stopped the suspect vehicle at a truck stop in North East, Maryland.

Maryland authorities arrested Vaughn on an outstanding warrant from the Harford County Sheriff's Office, while Newark detectives obtained an arrest warrant for four bank robberies.

Vaughn was being held in Harford County awaiting extradition to Delaware.

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