Serial bank robber arrested
Serial bank robber Joseph DiFalco was arrested this morning in Kensington.
DiFalco, 31, robbed a bank on the 6300-block of Castor Avenue in Castor Gardens around 9:30 a.m. Believing he was the man also wanted for five other robberies, police chased him to the 3100-block of Kensington Avenue, where he was apprehended.
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