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Botched Bank Robber From DC Gets Prison Time For Taking Police On Pursuit In Maryland
A District man will spend nearly a decade behind bars for his role in a botched attempted bank heist in Calvert County and subsequent police pursuit, the state's attorney's office announced.
Cedric Fonta Moore, 39, has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, with all but nine years suspended following an incident at the M&T Bank in Dunkirk in May.
Those arrested at the time:
Moore;
Silas Moliek Moore, 37;
Jamel Anthony Brown, 31;
Donise Sarah Blacknell, 26.
(Clockwise from top right) Cedric Fonta Moore, Silas Moliek Moore, Donise Sarah Blacknell, Jamel Anthony Brown…
DC Man Cops To Crossing Into Maryland To Rob Bank, Police Pursuit, Sheriff Says
A District man may spend decades behind bars after crossing into Southern Maryland, robbing a Calvert County bank and fleeing from police with some friends, authorities announced.
Silas Moore, 37, admitted to his role in the May robbery of M&T Bank in Dunkirk that resulted in a high-speed pursuit with deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators say that on Monday, May 1, Moore walked into the bank and handed one of the tellers a note demanding cash while brandishing a handgun.
He fled with $1,000, along with three others, prompting the short-lived police pursuit …
Bank Robbers Busted After Botched Attempt, Police Pursuit In MD: Sheriff
Four suspects are facing felony charges for their roles in a botched attempted bank heist in Calvert County and subsequent police pursuit, authorities announced.
The Calvert County Sheriff's Office announced that four would-be robbers, all from Washington, DC, have been taken into custody following the incident at M&T Bank in Dunkirk on Monday, May 1.
Those charged:
Cedric Fonta Moore, 39;
Silas Moliek Moore, 37;
Jamel Anthony Brown, 31;
Donise Sarah Blacknell, 26.
(Clockwise from top right) Cedric Fonta Moore, Silas Moliek Moore, Donise Sarah Blacknell, Jamel Anthony Brown.Cal…
Serial Bank Robber From MD Busted Targeting Wells Fargo In VA, Police Say
It took members of the Fairfax County Police Department just hours to identify and locate a wanted Mercedes-Benz-driving bank robbery suspect from Maryland.
Zachary Allen Hunter, 37, has been implicated in multiple bank robberies in the National Capital Region, according to members of the Fairfax County Police Department, who announced his arrest on Thursday, Dec. 29.
According to police, shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, Hunter entered the Wells Fargo Bank branch on North Point Village Center in Reston, where he implied he had a firearm and passed a note to a teller demandi…
Alert Issued For Tattooed Man Wanted For Escape, Theft, Destroying Property In Maryland
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An alert has been issued by the Caroll County Sheriff’s Office as they attempt to locate a man who is wanted on multiple charges following a reported 2010 bank robbery.
Brentyn Scott Finn, 33, who was convicted of robbing an Eldersburg Susquehanna Bank branch, according to the Baltimore Sun, is again wanted in Carroll County, the sheriff's office announced on Wednesday, July 20.
Specifically, Finn is wanted for second-degree escape, failure to appear in court for theft, and malicious destruction of property.
Finn - who can be recognized by his distinct neck and head tattoo - w…
Baltimore Bank Robber, 71, Sentenced To Nearly 6 Years For Robbing Same Bank Twice In A Week
A Baltimore man who robbed the same bank twice in one week has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison, the US Attorney’s Office for Maryland said.
Lloyd Philip Simon, 71, was sentenced to 70 months, followed by five years of parole, and ordered to pay $2,034 in restitution on Thursday, March 24, the office said.
Simon was previously convicted for both robberies that took place at a bank inside the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2019, WJZ reports.
The first robbery happened on August 13, 2019, the office reports. When Simon entered the building, he took a bla…
Career Criminal, 73, Admits Committing Murder-For-Hire Of NJ Politico
A hardened ex-con from Connecticut admitted that he and a longtime criminal pal from Philadelphia stabbed a political consultant to death and then torched his Jersey City apartment in a murder-for-hire attack.
George Bratsenis, 73, of Monroe, CT said he and his partner were paid to whack Michael Galdieri, the son of former State Sen. James Galdieri (D-Jersey City) and a prominent figure in local Hudson County politics.
Bratsenis and the other killer, Bomani Africa, 61, were hired by onetime political operative Sean Caddle, who’d been an aide to former State Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) a…
