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Years After Bank Heist, Maryland Woman Nabbed By Detectives, Sheriff Says Years After Bank Heist, Maryland Woman Nabbed By Detectives, Sheriff Says
Years After Bank Heist, Maryland Woman Nabbed By Detectives, Sheriff Says It took detectives two years, but a Harford County woman is finally facing charges for her role in a bank robbery that shook a small Maryland town. The Harford County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday, Sept. 23, that Mollie Glover, 35, of Pylesville, has been charged in connection with a September 2023 robbery at Truist Bank in Street. Investigators said the break came earlier this month when Harford County detectives assisted another agency in a separate robbery probe.  That’s when they spotted similarities linking both cases — and tied them back to the 2023 holdup. Detectives dete…

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Maryland Pair Crossed State Lines For Virginia ATM Smash-Grab, Police Say Maryland Pair Crossed State Lines For Virginia ATM Smash-Grab, Police Say
Maryland Pair Crossed State Lines For Virginia ATM Smash-Grab, Police Say Three people accused of smashing open a bank ATM and making off with a large sum of cash the day before Thanksgiving in Virginia have been arrested months after the brazen heist. A pair of Maryland residents were among the trio who were linked to the brazen holiday burglary in Culpeper that came to a head on Monday when each was arrested and charged, according to the Culpeper Police Department. The burglary happened around 3:19 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, at Atlantic Union Bank in the Southgate Shopping Center, according to the Culpeper Police Department. Investigators said the suspects…

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Serial Bank Robbers In Their 60s Busted After Armed Heists In Maryland: Police Serial Bank Robbers In Their 60s Busted After Armed Heists In Maryland: Police
Serial Bank Robbers In Their 60s Busted After Armed Heists In Maryland: Police Two career criminals in their 60s are behind bars after a string of armed bank robberies terrorized employees in Montgomery County, authorities announced. Alvin Chun, 64, and Ronald Wesley Johnson, 62 — both with no known address — have been charged in connection with three armed robberies that happened at banks in Kensington between February and March 2025, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police on Tuesday, June 10. The first robbery happened on Saturday, Feb. 1, around 11:19 a.m., at the M&T Bank on the 10400 block of Montgomery Avenue.  Police say a suspect app…

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Maryland Man Back To Prison After Robbing 6 Banks In 2-Day DC Crime Spree: Feds Maryland Man Back To Prison After Robbing 6 Banks In 2-Day DC Crime Spree: Feds
Maryland Man Back To Prison After Robbing 6 Banks In 2-Day DC Crime Spree: Feds He passed notes, made death threats, hit six banks in two days — and now, he’s going back to federal prison. Jonathon Brown-Murphy, 44, of Upper Marlboro, is heading back behind bars after launching into a wild two-day bank robbery spree across Maryland and DC, authorities announced. The previously convicted felon, already with two robbery sentences under his belt, tried to rob or successfully robbed six banks in May 2022 using threatening notes — including messages like "Give Me The Money Don’t Get Killed!!" — that sent terrified tellers scrambling for cash. Brown-Murphy started the spree…

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Same Armed Suspect Hits Two Maryland Banks In Six Days, Police Say Same Armed Suspect Hits Two Maryland Banks In Six Days, Police Say
Same Armed Suspect Hits Two Maryland Banks In Six Days, Police Say Detectives are searching for an armed suspect behind a string of bank robberies in Montgomery County and are asking for the public’s help after releasing new surveillance photos. The first heist happened at M&T Bank on Montgomery Avenue around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, according to Montgomery County Police.  Investigators say the suspect walked in, placed a handgun on the counter, and demanded cash, and the teller handed over the money, and the man fled with an undisclosed amount. Just six days later, around 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, the same suspect reportedly struck again…

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Would-Be Bank Robber In Washington County Busted After Teller Makes Emergency Call: Police Would-Be Bank Robber In Washington County Busted After Teller Makes Emergency Call: Police
Would-Be Bank Robber In Washington County Busted After Teller Makes Emergency Call: Police A quick-thinking teller at a Washington County bank was able to foil an attempted bank robber who was quickly apprehended by police in Hagerstown. Earlier this week, William Manchester III, 39, who has no fixed address, was thwarted by a teller at F&M Trust on West Washington Street after he attempted to rob the branch. Officers from the Hagerstown Police Department were called at around 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, to investigate a reported robbery in progress. According to police, Manchester slid a note to the teller indicating he had a gun, demanded money, and threatened to shoot them…

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