Pennsylvanian Suspected in Armed Robberies of Maryland Banks
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Police are announcing the arrest of a Pennsylvania man suspected of firing a handgun during a credit union robbery in western Maryland earlier this month.
Hagerstown police said in a statement Wednesday that 53-year-old Edwin Hoerner is also a suspect in the Dec. 7 armed robbery of a bank in Westminster, Maryland.
Hagerstown police say they worked with Westminster police, the FBI and Pennsylvania State Police to execute a search warrant Wednesday at Hoerner's home in Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg.
Online court records do not list an attorney for Hoerner.
Police say Hoerner was the masked man who fired a shot into the floor of the Bulldog Federal Credit Union in Hagerstown during a robbery Dec. 2. He's awaiting extradition to Maryland to face charges including armed robbery and assault.
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
