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Published August 20, 2014 at 9:30AM

FBI Looking for Serial Bank Robber — The FBI is seeking information on a serial bank robber who hit a Capital One Bank in District Heights, Md. in May and the Wells Fargo in Courthouse last September. “In both robberies, the unidentified man displayed a note to tellers demanding money and threatening a violent attack against everyone in the bank,” according to the FBI. [Federal Bureau of Investigation]

Tag Readers Brought Arlington $744,000 — The Arlington County Treasurer’s Office was able to bring in $744,000 in unpaid taxes thanks to use of automatic license plate readers. That’s up 54 percent from last year. [InsideNova]

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Pike Wells Fargo Bank Robbers Convicted

By Ethan Rothstein

Published August 11, 2014 at 5:00PM

James McNeal, 63, of Hyattsville, Md., and Alphonso Stoddard, 59, of Forest Heights, Md., were each convicted of armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Stoddard was also convicted in connection with two other bank robberies around the D.C. area in 2013.

The men will be sentenced Nov. 7. Stoddard is facing a life sentence because of prior convictions, while McNeal is facing up to life in prison with a mandatory minimum of seven years.

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Bank Robbed on S. Glebe Road

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Published June 13, 2014 at 4:20PM | Updated June 13, 2014 at 4:49PM

Photo courtesy FBI

Arlington County Police and the FBI are looking for a man who robbed a bank on S. Glebe Road Friday morning.

The suspect entered a PNC Bank branch, located inside the Giant Food Store at 2901 S. Glebe Road, around 10:20 a.m. and demanded money from a teller, according to the FBI. The suspect fled after obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash.

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BREAKING: Attempted Bank Robbery on Lee Highway

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Published April 1, 2014 at 2:10PM | Updated April 1, 2014 at 2:47PM

(Updated at 2:25 p.m.) Arlington County Police are on the scene of an attempted bank robbery at the M&T Bank at the corner of Lee Highway and N. Glebe Road.

The crime happened around 2:00 p.m. Initial reports suggest a man entered the bank and demanded cash from the manager, but fled empty-handed. The suspect was unarmed and no one was hurt.

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Capital One Branch Robbed on Columbia Pike

By ARLnow.com

Published March 1, 2014 at 1:00PM

The Capital One branch on the 3500 block of Columbia Pike was robbed around 5:40 p.m. A suspect approached a teller, implied a weapon and demanded money. He fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

No one was hurt during the robbery.

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UPDATED: Bank Robbery in Shirlington

By ARLnow.com

Published February 5, 2014 at 12:25PM | Updated February 5, 2014 at 7:42PM

(Updated at 3:10 p.m.) Arlington County Police are on the scene of a bank robbery in Shirlington.

The robbery occurred around 12:15 p.m. at the BB&T Bank branch at 2700 S. Quincy Street. Two men in ski masks robbed the bank while armed with at least one handgun.

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FBI Watched as Pike Wells Fargo Was Robbed

By Ethan Rothstein

Published January 2, 2014 at 4:15PM | Updated January 2, 2014 at 5:33PM

The men — two from Maryland and one from Washington, D.C. — had been under FBI surveillance after being suspected of committing several bank robberies around the D.C. area, according to federal prosecutors.

The men left the bank with $47,000, but were apprehended a block north on George Mason Drive. They have been charged with armed bank robbery.

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BREAKING: Suspects Apprehended after Bank Robbery

By ARLnow.com

Published December 31, 2013 at 1:55PM | Updated December 31, 2013 at 2:35PM

(Updated 2:20 p.m.) Three suspects have been apprehended after a bank robbery on Columbia Pike.

The Wells Fargo Bank at the corner of S. George Mason Drive and Columbia Pike was robbed this afternoon, according to Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck. Three suspects have been taken into custody, he said.

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BREAKING: Elderly Woman Hurt in Bank Robbery

By ARLnow.com

Published November 25, 2013 at 12:05PM | Updated November 25, 2013 at 2:04PM

(Updated at 2:05 p.m.) An elderly woman was taken to the hospital after being injured in a bank robbery on N. Glebe Road.

The robbery happened around 11:20 a.m., in the Wells Fargo bank at the corner of N. Glebe Road and Lee Highway.

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Navy Federal Robbers Sentenced

By ARLnow.com

Published October 25, 2013 at 4:30PM

Gavel (Flickr photo by Joe Gratz)

The men, ages 21 to 24, were convicted in June of three armed robberies in Northern Virginia during the 2012 holiday season. The third robbery, of the Navy Federal, the last of their crime spree.

They robbed the credit union (875 N. Randolph Street) on Saturday, Dec. 22 in a heavily-armed heist reminiscent of a Hollywood movie. No one was hurt and, because police were able to track the money, the men were arrested within an hour of the robbery.

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BREAKING: Credit Union at TSA’s Pentagon City HQ Robbed

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Published October 22, 2013 at 1:30PM | Updated October 23, 2013 at 1:35PM

(Updated at 4:05 p.m.) Police are on the scene of a robbery at the Pentagon Federal Credit Union branch in Pentagon City.

The PenFed branch is located on the ground floor of the Transportation Security Administration headquarters at 701 12th Street S.

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UPDATED: Bank Robbery in Courthouse

By ARLnow.com

Published September 13, 2013 at 1:00PM | Updated September 13, 2013 at 3:55PM

(Updated at 3:55 p.m.) Police are on the scene of a bank robbery in Courthouse.

A man robbed the Wells Fargo Bank at 2200 Clarendon Blvd just before 1:00 p.m. today (Friday). The bank is in the courtyard of Courthouse Plaza, just steps from the Arlington County government office building and a couple of blocks from police headquarters.