He arrived with a handgun, vaulted the bank counter and later took off in sport utility vehicle. Now the FBI wants your help identifying him.
The man robbed a Bank of America on 7045 Arundel Mills Blvd. near Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport. He entered the bank May 4, pulled out a handgun, and took cash from tellers’ drawers after jumping the counter, authorities said.
He’s described as a black and about 5 feet 8 inches tall. He’s between 25 and 35 years old and has one-inch twists to his hair.
The man stepped from a light gold SUV and fled in the same vehicle, possibly a Chevrolet or GMC model.
May 4 was a Monday, the second most popular day for bank robberies in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to recently released FBI bank robbery statistics. The most popular day is Friday.
Of that quarter’s 1617 robberies, suspects targeted the teller counter in 1,563 times, the statistics said. Suspects went for the vault only 93 times. They hit an office area 51 times, the drive-through 20 times and armored vehicles 14 times.
Anyone with information on the May 4 robbery can call Detective Norval Cooper at 410-222-3566 or the FBI Baltimore Field Office at 410-265-8080. For information about Washington area bank robberies and rewards for helping catch suspects, visit bankbandits.org.
