Fairfax County police say two masked men have terrorized two Wachovia banks, and they’re concerned the violent duo could become more dangerous.
The two robbers most recently stuck up a Wachovia Bank in Burke, sticking their handguns in employees’ faces as they divided the group in half and demanded access to the vault, police said.
One customer was inside when the robbers charged into the bank at 8900 Burke Lake Road around 10 a.m. Wednesday, sources said. Another customer entered the bank in the middle of the robbery and was ordered face down onto the floor.
Some of the employees were forced into a side room near the front of the bank, police said, and were guarded by one of the masked men. The other robber forced the remaining employees to open the vault doors so the thieves could get to the cash inside.
The robbers ran out of the bank and drove off with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
No one was injured.
Authorities believe the pair were the same men who robbed a Wachovia Bank at 6260 Old Dominion Drive on Oct. 1. Both banks are located inside strip malls and in both cases the men wore masks. In the Oct. 1 robbery, one of the robbers was wearing a yellow hard hat and a bright orange jacket with reflecting stripes. That uniform did not appear in Wednesday’s robbery.
In both cases, the thieves are described as black men around 6-feet-3-inches tall and weighing about 240 pounds.
Anyone with information should call Crime Solvers at 866-411-TIPS (8477).
For more information about Washington-area bank robberies, visit www.bankbandits.org.
