Fairfax County police are searching for a man who robbed a Great Falls Wachovia Bank with a handgun.
Police said the man entered the bank at 750 Walker Road on Friday morning. He was wearing a rubber mask and pulled out a handgun.
The robber then approached a 60-year-old female teller from Reston and demanded cash. She complied, and he fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured.
Police described the robber as black and about 5 feet 7 inches tall. He weighed about 170 pounds and was between 20 and 30 years old.
Anyone with information should call Crime Solvers at 866-411-TIPS (8477).
Meanwhile, a man or a group of men, wearing Chicago White Sox baseball caps appear to be targeting local BB&T banks.
The FBI has posted surveillance pictures on its Web site, bankbandits.org, catching the robbers in action. An FBI spokesman declined to say whether it believed the two crimes were committed by the same person, but the surveillance footage and similar physical descriptions seem to indicate they are.
The first robbery was May 1. The man entered a BB&T Bank at 233 S. Van Dorn St. in Alexandria around 5:20 p.m., pulled out a handgun, obtained an undisclosed amount of cash and fled.
He was described as black and about 5 feet 7. He had a beard and wore a Chicago White Sox hat and sunglasses.
On Wednesday, a man in similar garb robbed a BB&T Bank at 5602 Buckeystown Pike in Frederick. He was described as being about 5 feet 5. He wore a White Sox hat and sunglasses. He also had a beard.
Anyone with information should call the FBI Baltimore Field Office at 410-265-8080.
