East Haven Man Guilty of $10,000 Branford Bank Heist

WHO:

NH Register - Jason Gardner, 38, was found guilty.

WTNH - Jason Gardner, 38, was convicted; the Office of the State’s Attorney announced the jury’s verdict.

WHAT:

NH Register - Gardner was found guilty of robbing a Branford bank and taking more than $10,000 in cash.

WTNH - A jury found Gardner guilty of a bank robbery and convicted him of second-degree larceny and second-degree robbery.

NH Register - The bank was Liberty Bank.

WHERE:

NH Register - The robbery was at a Liberty Bank in Branford.

WTNH - The robbery took place in Branford; Gardner was from East Haven.

WTNH - The article’s dateline is New Haven, Connecticut.

WHEN:

WTNH - The robbery occurred in 2021, at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Oct. 15, 2021.

NH Register - Gardner was found guilty almost exactly five years after the robbery.

HOW:

WTNH - The jury reached its verdict after considering evidence and testimony.

(UPDATED October 21, 2026 02:20 UTC)

Jason Gardner, 38, was found guilty of robbing a Liberty Bank in Branford and taking more than $10,000 in cash. The jury convicted him of second-degree robbery and second-degree larceny after considering evidence and testimony. Gardner, who is from East Haven, committed the robbery in 2021.