WHERE’D YOU GO, BRO? While Daniel Amarosa (above) was in the bank, brother Cory got spooked in the getaway car and sped off, cops said.
WHERE’D YOU GO, BRO? While Daniel Amarosa (left) was in the bank, brother Cory got spooked in the getaway car and sped off, cops said. (
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They doubled their chances of getting pinched.
Bonehead Long Island identical twins were busted for robbing a Suffolk County bank Wednesday — their second heist in less than two weeks, authorities said.
Daniel and Cory Amarosa, 21, of Coram, were arrested minutes after allegedly taking $2,300 from the Centereach Chase branch when an eagle-eyed bystander spooked one brother into abandoning the other.
Daniel entered the branch just after 5 p.m. Wednesday while his sibling waited in an idling 2010 Nissan Altima.
Suffolk cops said someone in the parking lot noticed that Daniel suspiciously had his hoodie pulled up as he entered on an 80-degree evening — and observed the getaway car idling outside.
Daniel passed a teller a demand note, got cash and made his way to the getaway car, according to Suffolk Detective Lt. Greg McVeigh.
But Cory showed no brotherly love. He got spooked when he realized the witness was onto them, and sped off before his twin could hop in.
McVeigh said the witness found a cop nearby and provided a description of the driver and the vehicle.
The cop tracked him down less than a quarter-mile away and made the arrest, McVeigh said.
Left in the lurch, Daniel sneaked around parking lots in an effort to hide from the law, but another Suffolk officer found him and made the collar.
Investigators soon determined that the brothers were allegedly responsible for a May 22 bank heist at a People’s United branch in Centereach.
Police said the pair used the same method in that caper and made off with $1,400.
“I guess they pulled off that one and decided to give it another try,” said McVeigh, adding that crimes perpetrated by twins are rare.
Police recovered all but $20 of the $2,300 haul from Wednesday’s botched attempt but have yet to turn up the earlier cash proceeds.
No weapons were used in either case and the notes never threatened the use of one, McVeigh said.
The brothers were each hit with $200,000 cash bail and $400,000 bond at their arraignment yesterday and were unlikely to post it, sources said.
Neither sibling had prior criminal records and they were both unemployed, McVeigh said.
Neighbors said the brothers were known for drug problems, and cops said narcotics have not been ruled out as a motive in the robberies.
“Those two are trouble,” said a neighbor, adding that they live with their mom and other boarders.