(Sept. 29, 2016) PNC Bank is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of three men who robbed the Pocomoke City branch on Monday.
The robbers were described as African-American, and one, whose image was captured on bank security cameras, was wearing women’s clothing, including a tan skirt, black-haired wig and dark scarf.
A second perpetrator is described as wearing a red baseball cap, a dark shirt and jeans, while the third was described as having long dreadlocks, a lime green floppy hat, a gray zippered sweat-shirt and dark pants.
According to a police press release, the robbers threatened to “blow up” the bank with an explosive device, but did not display a weapon during the incident.
The trio fled the scene heading south into Virginia in an unidentified vehicle, according to police.
In Virginia, a sheriff’s deputy apparently located the vehicle and attempted to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver allegedly fired several shots from a handgun at the deputy, striking his cruiser several times, and disabling it.
The robbers remain at large.
Police said they have no evidence of a connection to another bank robbery also on Monday at First Shore Federal Bank off Mt. Hermon Road in Salisbury. In that case, police are seeking a white male, approximately six feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds between the ages of 30-35 who escaped custody with an undisclosed amount of cash in that incident.
Lt. Ed Shreier of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office said the suspects in both robberies were different people.
Anyone with information on the Pocomoke incident is asked to call the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation at 410-632-1111.
The robbers were described as African-American, and one, whose image was captured on bank security cameras, was wearing women’s clothing, including a tan skirt, black-haired wig and dark scarf.
A second perpetrator is described as wearing a red baseball cap, a dark shirt and jeans, while the third was described as having long dreadlocks, a lime green floppy hat, a gray zippered sweat-shirt and dark pants.
According to a police press release, the robbers threatened to “blow up” the bank with an explosive device, but did not display a weapon during the incident.
The trio fled the scene heading south into Virginia in an unidentified vehicle, according to police.
In Virginia, a sheriff’s deputy apparently located the vehicle and attempted to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver allegedly fired several shots from a handgun at the deputy, striking his cruiser several times, and disabling it.
The robbers remain at large.
Police said they have no evidence of a connection to another bank robbery also on Monday at First Shore Federal Bank off Mt. Hermon Road in Salisbury. In that case, police are seeking a white male, approximately six feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds between the ages of 30-35 who escaped custody with an undisclosed amount of cash in that incident.
Lt. Ed Shreier of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office said the suspects in both robberies were different people.
Anyone with information on the Pocomoke incident is asked to call the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation at 410-632-1111.