John
H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut,
today announced that ZACHARY PROVOST, 32, of Waterbury, has been charged
by federal criminal complaint with committing two armed robberies in
Middlebury last month.
PROVOST
has been detained since his arrest on state charges on December 9,
2017. He appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis
in New Haven and was ordered detained.
As
alleged in the criminal complaint, at approximately 10:00 a.m. on
December 8, 2017, PROVOST robbed the Mobil gas station, located at
750 Straits Turnpike in Middlebury, and the Dunkin’ Donuts located
inside the Mobil gas station. PROVOST first robbed the Mobil by
pointing what appeared to be firearm at the cashier and ordering the
cashier to give him the contents of the cash register. The cashier
unlocked the cash register and PROVOST took approximately $578 in cash
from the register. PROVOST also demanded and received cigarettes valued
at approximately $131, from the cashier. PROVOST then walked to the
Dunkin’ Donuts counter, displayed a handgun to the cashier and took
approximately $350 in cash from the cash register.
It
is further alleged that law enforcement identified PROVOST from
surveillance images, and that PROVOST is also a suspect in multiple bank
robberies.
On
December 9, 2017, PROVOST was arrested by Waterbury Police officers
after they responded to a call of an overdose of a woman at a motel in
Waterbury. Officers were able to revive the overdose victim, who had
been staying in the same room as PROVOST.
The complaint charges PROVOST with Hobbs Act Robbery, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.
This
ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Waterbury Police Department and other state and local
law enforcement agencies. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony E. Kaplan.
U.S.
Attorney Durham stressed that a complaint is only a charge and is not
evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and a defendant is
presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt.
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