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Police: Bank robbery suspect trying to impress Taylor Swift

11 of April 2018

FILE - In this Dec. 8 2017 file photo, Taylor Swift performs at Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden in New York. Police say a Connecticut man with a crush on singer Swift robbed a bank and then went to the pop star's Rhode Island mansion where he threw cash over a fence in an attempt to impress her. Bruce Rowley, of Derby, Conn., is charged with robbing an Ansonia bank on April 4, 2018. Police say "it seemed he wanted to propose" to Swift, so he drove about 60 miles to Westerly, Rhode Island, and started throwing some of the roughly $1,600 he's charged with stealing over Swift's fence. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File),FILE - In this Dec. 8 2017 file photo, Taylor Swift performs at Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden in New York. Police say a Connecticut man with a crush on singer Swift robbed a bank and then went to the pop star's Rhode Island mansion where he threw cash over a fence in an attempt to impress her. Bruce Rowley, of Derby, Conn., is charged with robbing an Ansonia bank on April 4, 2018. Police say "it seemed he wanted to propose" to Swift, so he drove about 60 miles to Westerly, Rhode Island, and started throwing some of the roughly $1,600 he's charged with stealing over Swift's fence. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Police say a Connecticut man with a crush on singer Taylor Swift robbed a bank then went to the pop star's Rhode Island mansion where he threw cash over a fence in an attempt to impress her. Bruce Rowley, of Derby, is charged with robbing an Ansonia bank on April 4. Police say "it seemed he wanted to propose" to Swift, so he drove about 60 miles to Westerly, Rhode Island, and started throwing cash over Swift's fence.

ANSONIA, Conn. (AP) — Police say a Connecticut man with a crush on singer Taylor Swift robbed a bank and then went to the pop star’s Rhode Island mansion where he threw cash over a fence in an attempt to impress her.

Bruce Rowley, of Derby, is charged with robbing an Ansonia bank on April 4.

Police say “it seemed he wanted to propose” to Swift, so he drove about 60 miles to Westerly, Rhode Island, and started throwing some of the roughly $1,600 he’s charged with stealing over Swift’s fence.

Rowley was pursued by Rhode Island State Police back to Connecticut where he was arrested. That’s where he allegedly told police about his plan.

The 26-year-old Rowley was held on $100,000 bond at his arraignment Friday. Online Connecticut court records don’t list a defense attorney.