Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Police & Fire
Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In South Jersey Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In South Jersey
Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In South Jersey A bank robbery suspect was found with a threatening note on him, authorities said. Tyler Stevenson allegedly entered a Wells Fargo Bank wearing a hood and facemask and asked to cash a check, Maple Shade police said. Responding police observed Stevenson walking in a neighborhood near the bank. When they attempted to speak with him, he first ran away and later displayed a handgun in view of an officer, police said. Stevenson then threw the gun on a property across the street from Steinhauer Elementary School which was immediately recovered by police. The school was placed in lockdown and a p…

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by Jon Craig
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect At Large After Bank Robbery In Selden Suspect At Large After Bank Robbery In Selden
Suspect At Large After Bank Robbery In Selden A suspect is on the loose after a bank robbery on Long Island. See a new update here: Bank Robbery Update: Suspect Nabbed After Targeting Selden Branch, Police Say A man entered Chase Bank in Selden, located at 999 Middle Country Road, at about 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, verbally implied to an employee he had a weapon, and handed the teller a note demanding cash, Suffolk County Police said.  The teller complied and the suspect fled. Detectives are asking anyone with information on this robbery to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-6555 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers…

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by Joe Lombardi
Hartford, CT
News
CT Woman Robs Bank Inside Stop & Shop Supermarket: Here's Her Sentence CT Woman Robs Bank Inside Stop & Shop Supermarket: Here's Her Sentence
CT Woman Robs Bank Inside Stop & Shop Supermarket: Here's Her Sentence A 28-year-old woman will spend more than two years in prison for robbing a bank inside a Stop & Shop supermarket in Connecticut, officials announced.  Former Middlesex County resident Jalania Pantano of Middletown, age 28, was sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 5 to 30 months in prison for robbing a bank in Hartford County in July 2022, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced. Earlier Report - Middletown Duo Nabbed For Robbing People's United Banks Inside Stop & Shop Supermarkets According to federal officials, on July 20, 2022, Pantano a…

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by Ben Crnic
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Bank Robber With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Convicted (VIDEO) Newark Bank Robber With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Convicted (VIDEO)
Newark Bank Robber With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Convicted (Video) A 29-year-old Newark man faces up to 10 years in state prison after he was recently convicted of robbing a Capitol One bank in Newark in 2021, authorities said. On July 3, 2021, Esau Grant walked into the Springfield Avenue bank and passed a note to a teller that read: I have a gun, give me all the money from the register please and no one will get hurt," Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Grant made off with $2,300 and was captured with hot pink exploding dye on surveillance camera. He was captured two days later. Grant was convicted of second degree r…

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by Sam Barron
Towson, MD
News
Serial Bank Robber Serving Sentence In Maryland Re-Entry Program Cops To New Heists: Feds Serial Bank Robber Serving Sentence In Maryland Re-Entry Program Cops To New Heists: Feds
Serial Bank Robber Serving Sentence In Maryland Re-Entry Program Cops To New Heists: Feds A convicted serial bank robber who was serving out his sentence in Baltimore admitted to a string of new robberies in Maryland. Kevin Maurice Lawson, 55, pleaded guilty this week to three armed bank robberies that were all conducted while he was living in a residential re-entry program to finish out his sentence for a 2004 robbery, federal authorities announced. According to his plea, Lawson admitted to three armed bank robberies in Baltimore between June 6 and July 18, 2022, using a black air gun in each while wearing a surgical mask and gloves. In his first two robberies, Lawson approach…

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by Zak Failla
Darien, CT
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed For Darien Bank Robbery By GPS Tracker, Police Say Man Nabbed For Darien Bank Robbery By GPS Tracker, Police Say
Man Nabbed For Darien Bank Robbery By GPS Tracker, Police Say A 42-year-old man has been charged with a bank robbery after a GPS device placed in the money bag led to the vehicle used during the heist in Connecticut. The suspect was charged with robbery on Friday, Nov. 10 after he was extradited on a warrant from a Massachusetts correctional facility for the crime that took place in 2021 in Fairfield County on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, officers in the town of Darien responded to the Peoples Bank located at 25 Old Kings Highway on an active hold-up alarm.  While responding to the bank, officers were advised that a GPS tracker was on the mo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Armed Man Sporting Nationals' Gear Wanted For Bank Robbery In Maryland: Police Armed Man Sporting Nationals' Gear Wanted For Bank Robbery In Maryland: Police
Armed Man Sporting Nationals' Gear Wanted For Bank Robbery In Maryland: Police A man cosplaying as a Washington National's player on Halloween is wanted in connection to a bank robbery in Montgomery County. An alert was issued on Monday as the Montgomery County Department of Police attempts to track down a man who showed some "Natitude" during an armed robbery on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at Wells Fargo in Potomac. The incident was reported shortly after 11 a.m. on Halloween at the bank branch in the 9800 block of Falls Road.  Surveillance photos were released of the wanted suspect brandishing a handgun inside the building on Monday afternoon. According to police, the wa…

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by Zak Failla
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In Pleasantville: Police Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In Pleasantville: Police
Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In Pleasantville: Police A 34-year-old man from Pleasantville has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery, authorities said. Jamarl S. Johnson is accused of robbing a PNC Bank on Sept. 29, Pleasantville police said. Officers and detectives of the Pleasantville Police Department responded to a silent hold-up alarm from the PNC Bank, 935 West Black Horse Pike.  As Officers were in route, Lieutenant David Aristizabal made contact with bank employees whom confirmed there was a robbery in progress.  The suspect fled. On Oct. 5,, The Pleasantville Detective Bureau conducted a thorough investigation …

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by Jon Craig
Cherry Hill, NJ
Police & Fire
Compulsive NJ Bank Robber From PA Heads Back To Fed Pen For 12½ Years, No Parole Compulsive NJ Bank Robber From PA Heads Back To Fed Pen For 12½ Years, No Parole
Compulsive NJ Bank Robber From PA Heads Back To Fed Pen For 12½ Years, No Parole A man who spent eight years in federal prison for robbing banks in Pennsylvania is headed back for another 12½ years for two subsequent South Jersey holdups in three days. Leon I. Stanford, 54, of Wilkes Barre, PA admitted this past March that he handed tellers notes demanding money at both the TD Bank in Oaklyn on Feb. 22, 2020 and at the Republic Bank in Cherry Hill two days later. Witnesses at both banks described seeing the robber flee the area in the same white Saturn SUV, said U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger. Surveillance cameras captured partial license-plate charac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lusby, MD
News
DC Man Cops To Crossing Into Maryland To Rob Bank, Police Pursuit, Sheriff Says DC Man Cops To Crossing Into Maryland To Rob Bank, Police Pursuit, Sheriff Says
DC Man Cops To Crossing Into Maryland To Rob Bank, Police Pursuit, Sheriff Says A District man may spend decades behind bars after crossing into Southern Maryland, robbing a Calvert County bank and fleeing from police with some friends, authorities announced. Silas Moore, 37, admitted to his role in the May robbery of M&T Bank in Dunkirk that resulted in a high-speed pursuit with deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff's Office. Investigators say that on Monday, May 1, Moore walked into the bank and handed one of the tellers a note demanding cash while brandishing a handgun.  He fled with $1,000, along with three others, prompting the short-lived police pursuit …

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by Zak Failla
Glen Burnie, MD
News
Police Investigating M&T Bank Robbery In Maryland Police Investigating M&T Bank Robbery In Maryland
Police Investigating M&T Bank Robbery In Maryland A bank robber made off with an undisclosed amount of cash after targeting an M&T branch in Anne Arundel County this week. Police say that at around 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday morning, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department responded to M&T Bank on Brandermill Boulevard in Gambrills, where there was a reported robbery. Officers determined that an unknown man walked into the bank and handed the teller a note demanding money, to which the employee complied, allowing the robber to walk away with an unknown amount of cash. Officials made note that no weapon was displayed duri…

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by Zak Failla
Ashburn, VA
Police & Fire
Photos Released By Police Of Man Sporting Surgical Mask During Virginia Bank Robbery (UPDATED) Photos Released By Police Of Man Sporting Surgical Mask During Virginia Bank Robbery (UPDATED)
Photos Released By Police Of Man Sporting Surgical Mask During Virginia Bank Robbery (Updated) New details and information have emerged after a mask-wearing man robbed a bank in Virginia on Monday afternoon. An investigation is ongoing in Leesburg after a busy bank was robbed in Leesburg on Oct. 2 by a man wearing Nike clothes, a hat, and surgical mask. The Leesburg Police Department's Criminal Investigations Section was called to the Truist Bank location in the Battlefield Shopping Center shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Monday when a man walked into the bank, demanded money, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash, authorities say. The former SunTrust bank - now Truist - at 1007…

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by Zak Failla