John Matthews
WMAL.com
WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The FBI is looking for your help in finding a man they’re calling the “American League Bandit”.
A $5,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can lead federal authorities to a man who has held up a dozen banks in the area over the last 8 months.
The robber received his nickname because in each robbery, he was wearing either a Yankees or Orioles baseball cap.
The robberies started last November in Baltimore, and the most recent happened last Saturday at the Wells Fargo Bank on Bay Ridge Road in Annapolis.
The man is described as being in his 30s or 40s with salt and pepper facial hair.
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MORE INFORMATION FROM THE FBI:
The FBI Washington Field Office, along with the Baltimore Field Office, the Town of Vienna Police Department, the City of Fairfax Police Department, the Fairfax County Police Department, the City of Falls Church Police Department, the Baltimore County Police Department, the Montgomery County Police Department, the Anne Arundel County Police Department, the Howard County Police Department, and the Annapolis Police Department, is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a bank robber who has targeted twelve banks in Northern Virginia and Maryland over the past eight months.
The subject has committed bank robberies at the following locations:
• November 7, 2016: Rosedale Federal located at 6708 Belair Road in Baltimore, MD
• December 10, 2016: Columbia Bank located at 67 West Aylesbury Road in Timonium, MD
• January 26, 2017: Howard Bank located at 116 Defense Highway in Annapolis, MD
• January 28, 2017: PNC located at 7200 Cradlerock Way in Columbia, MD
• February 2, 2017: M&T Bank located at 3221 Spartan Road in Olney, MD
• February 22, 2017: Howard Bank located at 116 Defense Highway in Annapolis, MD
• March 4, 2017: SunTrust Bank located at 603 West Broad Street in Falls Church, VA (attempted robbery)
• March 24, 2017: Hamilton Bank located at 10283 York Road in Cockeysville, MD (attempted robbery)
• May 16, 2017: PNC Bank located at 2050 York Road in Timonium, MD
• June 6, 2017: Wells Fargo located at 212 Maple Ave E. in Vienna, VA
• June 15, 2017: M&T Bank located at 9720 Fairfax Blvd. in Fairfax, VA
• June 17, 2017: Wells Fargo located at 930 Bay Ridge Road in Annapolis, MD
In each bank robbery, the subject entered the bank, approached the victim teller, and demanded money. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, the subject fled the bank on foot.
REWARD
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification, arrest, and conviction of this bank robber.
Anyone with information regarding this bank robber is asked to contact the FBI Washington Field Office at 202-278-2000 or the FBI Baltimore Field Office at 410-265-8080
