EDMESTON – On June 5, members of the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant at a Madison County residence in regard to the ongoing investigation of the robbery at the NBT bank in Edmeston on May 23.

As a result of this investigation, authorities arrested Dennis D. Gelatt, 31, of Earlville.

Gelatt was charged with robbery in the second degree, a class C felony. He was arraigned in the Town of Edmeston court and remanded to the Otsego County Correctional Facility on $25,000 cash bail.

On May 23, at 11:06 a.m., the Otsego County 911 call center took an emergency call from an alarm monitoring system reporting a robbery at the NBT Bank, located at 1 West St. in the Village of Edmeston.

According to a release issued by the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office, it is alleged that Gelatt entered the bank and waited in line with other customers. When he got to the teller’s window, he demanded cash. No weapon was displayed, but authorities say one was “implied.”