by Jarrett Carroll

GUILDERLAND — The man caught robbing banks in Albany and Guilderland was formally charged by the Guilderland Police.

Mark W. Ekblom is being charged with third-degree robbery, a felony, and petit larceny, a misdemeanor, according to his arrest report.

Ekblom, 37, of 117 South Pearl St., apartment number one, Albany, was arrested by Guilderland Police on June 23, after he was picked up by Albany Police following two bank robberies within 24 hours of each other, say Guilderland Police.

He first robbed the HSCB Bank on South Pearl Street in Albany and then the Trustco Bank in Stuyvesant Plaza in Guilderland, police say. His arrest report lists him as being 6 feet, 1 inch tall, and weighing 300 pounds and says he works as a laborer.

Both robberies were similar, Guilderland Police told The Enterprise. When robbing the Trustco Bank, he walked in at 11:45 on a Saturday morning and handed a teller a note that read, "This is a robbery. Fill one envelope now," according to the arrest report. He got away on foot with $820 in cash from the bank in Stuyvesant Plaza off of Western Avenue and was later arrested in Albany, say police.

He was remanded to Albany County’s jail, the report says.