U.S. Marshals are asking the public’s help in finding an armed robber suspected in a series of brazen heists, including one that sent a clerk to the hospital.
Anthony Daniel Plummer, 30, is wanted in Charles County after his DNA was left at the scene of an armed robbery two years ago at Bob’s Trading in Waldorf.
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Plummer, of Washington, has a lengthy criminal history including arrests on charges of theft, drug offenses, gun violations, robbery and assaults, said Matthew Burke, supervisory inspector with the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force.
“We’re looking for help on this one because he’s a regional threat,” said Burke. “He’s living and spending a lot of time in D.C. and then going outside of D.C. committing his crimes, so we need assistance to put him in jail.”
In 2006, police said, Plummer and another man brandished weapons, put on masks and stormed into Bob’s Trading.
One of the gunmen began struggling with the clerk while the other suspect broke a glass display case and grabbed about $30,000 worth of jewelry and a handgun. The two fled and the clerk was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
This summer, Plummer and 31-year-old Ryne Vesley Gould, of Brookland, were picked up in connection with a Laurel robbery. The Charles County sheriff’s office got a warrant to collect their DNA. Investigators said the results came back a month later and connected the pair to the Bob’s Trading robbery two years ago, but Plummer had already been released.
He is known to frequent Northeast Washington and spends time on Maryland Avenue, 19th Street and 22nd Street.
Plummer is black, described as 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds, with a large tattoo on his left arm and a bullet wound on his neck. Plummer should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information on Plummer is asked to call the U.S. Marshals Service at 301-489-1717 or 800-336-0102. Law enforcement authorities are offering a reward for information leading to his arrest.
The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, is composed of 28 federal, state and local agencies from Baltimore to Norfolk. The unit has captured more than 19,000 fugitives since its creation in 2004.
