A Florida man who allegedly stole nearly $116,000 in three armed bank robberies in 2007 was extradited and arraigned Thursday at Superior Court in New London.

Jeremy A. Doe, 24, of Jasper, Fla., is facing a multitude of charges in connection with the two armed robberies of the Bank of America in Waterford and another armed robbery of the People's United Bank in Norwich.

Doe, who is 6 feet, 1 inch tall with teardrop tattoos on both sides of his face, stood silently during the brief court appearance, his dreadlocks disheveled.

Doe is already serving a 22-year prison sentence in federal prison in Florida for committing two armed robberies.

A bail commissioner recommended that he be held on a $500,000 bond, while Alexandra Deeb, the prosecution's certified legal intern, recommended a $750,000 bond.

"The state has a strong case," said Deeb. "We have him on surveillance video."

Judge Kevin P. McMahon said the issue of bond was purely academic, since he is a sentenced prisoner and cannot be released.

He set the bond at $49,000 cash only.

His case was transferred to the court on Huntington Street for Nov. 24, where more serious criminal cases are heard.

According to an arrest warrant, Doe entered the Bank of America brandishing a handgun and ordered everyone to get on the floor. In that robbery, he made away with $29,217.

Two weeks later, police in Norwich responded to an armed robbery of the People's United Bank, where a lone bank robber again ordered everyone to the ground.

Doe, the warrant said, put a female bank teller in a choke hold, held a gun to her head and forced the teller along the teller line to collect money.

Before he fled the bank, he ordered everyone inside to count to 50. When no one would count, he got upset and yelled for everyone to count again, the warrant said.

He fled with $47,947.

Doe in the Norwich robbery is being charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree kidnapping, criminal use of a firearm, first-degree larceny, second-degree threatening and first-degree reckless endangerment.

Waterford police responded again to the Bank of America on Oct. 17, 2007, for a report of an armed robbery.

In that robbery, Doe allegedly held a gun to the teller's head, put her in a chokehold and forced her to collect money.

He fled with $38,734, the warrant said.

In the Waterford robberies, Doe is charged with two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts for first-degree larceny and two counts of first-degree kidnapping.

In January 2008, Norwich police received a tip that Doe was responsible for the Connecticut robberies.

Doe was arrested on Dec. 5, 2007, in Raleigh, N.C., after he committed a bank robbery there.

His accomplice in the North Carolina robbery was Karema Sowell, whose husband, Victor Sowell, is Doe's cousin and was stationed at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton.

Doe came to Connecticut from Florida in August 2007 and stayed with Sowell in the barracks at the sub base.

Upon further investigation, police learned that Victor Sowell was the getaway driver and another Navy man also stationed in Groton, Jeffery Cleckley, provided the getaway car.

Sowell and Cleckley were each sentenced in 2008 to 18 months in prison for their role in the Sept. 14 Waterford robbery.

i.larraneta@theday.com