ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The FBI and New Jersey State Police say they have arrested a man they believe is the “Commuter Bandit” wanted for robbing 17 banks in Philadelphia and New York.

Thirty-nine-year-old Anthony Boyd of Queens, N.Y., was arrested Wednesday night at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. Authorities say Boyd escaped from a Bronx halfway house in December. He was finishing a 10-year sentence for bank robbery.

Boyd’s last suspected bank job occurred Tuesday in Manhattan. The FBI says law enforcement officials received a tip after surveillance video was broadcast on television Wednesday and tracked Boyd to the Borgata.

He had an initial court appearance in Camden on Thursday and is being held in a federal detention facility in Philadelphia. It was not known if he had retained an attorney.