SUNNYSIDE — A man in a wheelchair who robbed a Queens Boulevard bank on Monday was arrested the following day — his second bank robbery in Queens in the last six months, officials said.
Kelvin Dennison, 23, of Astoria, was set to be arraigned Tuesday night for third-degree robbery after entering a TD Bank at 41-01 Queens Blvd. Monday and handing the teller a note demanding $20,000, according to the Queens District Attorney's Office.
Dennison also claimed in the note that he was armed with a bomb and "will shoot," officials said. He fled the bank with $500, police said previously.
This was Dennison's second bank robbery in recent months, officials said. He was arrested in July for the June robbery of a Santander Bank on Broadway in Astoria, where he gave the teller a note reading, "Give me all you have. I have a gun," according to the Queens DA.
After that incident, Dennison was released on the condition he attend a residential mental-health treatment program for at least a year, prosecutors said.
He would have been able to avoid felony charges if he successfully completed the program, but he was kicked out of the facility on Dec. 29 for noncompliance, according to the DA's office.
Dennison is facing up to seven years in prison for the most recent robbery, officials said.
"As accused, the defendant did not allow his disability to hinder him from breaking the law or frightening a bank employee by claiming that he was armed with a bomb and a firearm," DA Richard Brown said in a statement. "The defendant now faces serious felony charges."
Dennison's lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
