Crime & Safety
FBI: Another Chestnut Hill Bank Robbery
The Sovereign Bank at 8310 Stenton Avenue was robbed Tuesday.
For the third time in as many weeks, a Chestnut Hill Bank was robbed. This time, the location was the Sovereign Bank at 8310 Stenton Ave.
According to the FBI, two men walked into the bank at 12:23 p.m. Tuesday, covering their faces and bodies with "black, Muslim-like clothing," a press release stated.
The men presented a threatening note to the teller at the bank, received an undisclosed amount of cash, and fled on foot.
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The FBI release described the men both as having thin builds and being approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall. The FBI has released photographs from the banks surveillence.
Two attempted bank robberies were committed in Chestnut Hill recently. A man , and The Sovereign Bank on Germantown Avenue was the .
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Anyone with any information that could help identify the two men in the photographs are asked to contact the FBI at 215-418-4000 or the Philadelphia Police Department.
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