Baltimore FBI Offers $5,000 for "Winter Hat" Robber
BALTIMORE (WJZ)-- The Baltimore division of the FBI needs help identifying a man connected to a series of bank robberies across Central Maryland.
Investigators believe the same man is responsible for eight robberies in Baltimore City, County and Howard and Carroll Counties. Detectives say the suspect hands the bank employee a note announcing an armed robbery and demands money, while wearing winter hat.
The list of banks:
- December 22, 2016 — Wells Fargo Bank, 860 North Rolling Road, Catonsville, Maryland
- December 28, 2016 —SunTrust Bank, 612 Frederick Road, Catonsville, Maryland
- December 31, 2016 —BB&T Bank, 1300 Liberty Road, Eldersburg, Maryland
- January 5, 2017 — M&T Bank, 5642 Baltimore National Pike, Catonsville, Maryland
- January 6, 2017 —M&T Bank, 8200 Harford Road, Parkville, Maryland
- January 7, 2017 —PNC Bank, 3757 Old Court Road, Pikesville, Maryland
- January 10, 2017 — Capital One Bank, 9245 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, Maryland
- January 11, 2017 —M&T Bank, 705 Frederick Road, Catonsville, Maryland
"It's just about getting this person off the street before something negative happens," said FBI agent Steve Skinner. "Although he has not shown a weapon, we take the threat that he may have a weapon very seriously. Someone in this community knows who this person is."
No one has been hurt in any of the robberies. Witnesses describe the suspect as a white man between 45 - 55 years old, between 5-feet 7-inches to 5-feet 9-inches tall, with a medium build.
If anyone has any information about the robber or robberies, you are asked to call the Baltimore FBI at 410-265-8080. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest in this case.