Mark D. O'Neill, 44, of Newton is charged with attempted robbery, police said.
Mark D. O'Neill (Franklin Lakes PD) FRANKLIN LAKES - Alabama State Police arrested a Newton man who cops say planned to rob a local bank last month but changed his mind because the tellers were all behind glass.
Mark D. O'Neill, 44, entered the Chase Bank on Franklin Lakes Road about 3:25 p.m. on April 20 wearing a mask, hooded sweatshirt and a medical glove on one hand, police said.
"He had run into the bank, looked around and after seeing that the tellers were all behind security glass, left the scene," said police Lt. John Bakelaar.
Police developed O'Neill as a suspect and tracked him to Lowndes County, Ala., according to Bakelaar.
O'Neill is charged with attempted robbery and is being held in an Alabama jail awaiting extradition to New Jersey, police said.
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