He?s robbed three banks inside food stores in the Baltimore area in recent months.
Now, police from Howard and Baltimore counties have joined forces in a multistate manhunt for the man they say has struck banks in six different jurisdictions.
They are on the lookout for a roughly 30-year-old black man, about 5-feet-5 inches tall and about 140 pounds, in connection with bank robberies in their jurisdictions, as well as banks in Charles County and Fairfax and Prince William counties in Virginia.
The man?s most recent theft occurred Sept. 18 in Columbia, when he entered the Chevy Chase Bank inside the Giant grocery store in the 7200 block of Cradlerock Way, police said.
That day, he approached a teller at about 2:30 p.m., implied he had a weapon and demanded cash. The suspect took an undisclosed amount of money and fled, police said.
In Baltimore County, the same suspect robbed the Provident Bank inside the Shoppers Food Warehouse in the 5400 block of Baltimore National Pike at 2:50 p.m. Aug. 26. The suspect approached the counter at the bank, demanded money from the teller, was given an undisclosed amount of cash and ran out of the store, according to police.
The same suspect entered the Shoppers Food & Pharmacy in the 11200 block of Reisterstown Road at 11:20 a.m. April 8 and committed another bank robbery, police said.
Police ask anyone with information about the crimes to call Baltimore County police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7-LOCKUP. There is a reward of up to $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest in the case.
