Ex-cop sentenced for Pa. bank heist faces new charges in N.Y.

READING, Pa. (AP) — A former New York transit policeman who’s already been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a Pennsylvania bank robbery has been arraigned in New York City for two bank heists there.

Defense lawyer Paul Missan told The Associated Press that Christian Torres was arraigned Wednesday afternoon before a federal magistrate.

Missan said by phone from Reading, Pa., that he’s trying to work out a plea agreement with prosecutors for the 2007 robberies of a the Sovereign Bank in New York.

Torres was sentenced last month for the April 2008 “takeover” heist of the Sovereign Bank branch in Reading.