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Charges dropped against man who warned of gun in bank

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GLASTONBURY, Conn., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Connecticut prosecutors said they have decided to drop charges against a man who warned a bank teller of an armed man inside the facility.

Prosecutors said they will not attempt to try Robert Gursky, 50, on a breach of peace charge for handing a note to a teller at the TD Bank in Glastonbury Sept. 12 warning that a man with a gun was inside the institution, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported Thursday.

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The teller did not read the note and only heard the man say the word "gun," police said.

Police determined the armed man was a state marshal doing business at the bank. Gursky, who left the bank after his attempt to warn the teller, was later arrested.

"It's no different than someone yelling 'Fire!' in a movie theater and then getting in his car and driving away," Glastonbury police spokesman James Kennedy said.

Police said Gursky should have instead called police from a safe place.

Gursky said he was relieved the charges were dropped.

"I was really surprised that they arrested me," he said.

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