The man arrested Wednesday for allegedly robbing an Ellicott City bank is not the suspect the FBI has dubbed “Speed Racer.”
“That was our initial impression,” said Special Agent Michelle Crnkovich of the FBI Baltimore Field Office Friday, of the suspect, Luvine Arthur Summers, of Reisterstown.
Summers, 30, was believed to be the suspect in about a dozen bank robberies in the Baltimore, Harford and Howard counties. Crnkovich admitted that the FBI jumped the gun in naming Summers as “Speed Racer” because physical descriptions are similar and Summers was operating in an area “Speed Racer” has hit.
“That means that ?Speed Racer? is still out there. We?re back to square one,” Crnkovich conceded.
The name “Speed Racer” was coined after a man robbed one bank in Howard County on May 9 of last year, and then, on the same day, robbed a second one in Baltimore County.
Summers was apprehended after he allegedly robbed the Provident Bank in the 9300 block of
Baltimore National Pike. A dye pack placed in with the stolen cash exploded, drawing the attention of nearby Serafino?s Italian Restaurant owner Joseph Mannarelli. According to Crnkovich, Mannarelli chased Summers down and
held him until police arrived. Crnkovich also said that the FBI believes Summer is responsible for robbing the same Provident Bank on May 24.
