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Monday, April 22, 2013

Help ID Citizens Bank Robber

The robber is considered to be armed and dangerous.

The FBI and Philadelphia Police Department are asking for help to identify the man in these pictures they say robbed the Citizens Bank at 6324 Stenton Ave. and another bank in North Philadelphia this weekend. The man entered the bank around 2:13 p.m. and handed a not to a teller demanding money police said. The man left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, apparently on foot, according to police. Here’s the police description of the robber: Police believe the man who robbed the Citizens Bank also tried to rob a PNC Bank at 3244 North Broad Street in North Philadelphia on Saturday. Police consider the man armed and dangerous. Anyone with information about this robbery or this subject is urged to call the FBI at 215-418-4000 or the …

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Over $3,000 Stolen in Citizens Bank Heist (Updated)

The robbery happened Wednesday.

Updated: Tuesday, 10:45 a.m. Over $3,000 was stolen in a robbery at Citizens Bank on Stenton Avenue last week, according to police. Police said just over $3,000 was stolen. The robbery is still under investigation. Police said a man approached the counter at the branch at 6324 Stenton Ave. at about 2:43 p.m. Wednesday and presented a teller with a threatening note demanding money. Once he took the cash from the bank, police said, he fled east toward Ogontz Avenue. The FBI described the man as being in his late 20's or early 30's, 5'9" to 5'11" tall, with a dark complexion, a stocky build and a scruffy mustache and goatee, wearing a white V-neck T-shirt and a baseball cap.  Anyone with information is asked to call the Philadelphia Police …

Thursday, June 7, 2012

PHOTOS: The Alleged Citizens Bank Robber

The FBI has released surveillance shots from the robbery.

FBI officials have released surveillance photos that were taken during a robbery at a Citizens Bank branch on Stenton Avenue Wednesday. Officials said a man approached the counter at about 2:43 p.m. and presented a teller with a threatening note demanding money. Once he took the unspecified amount of cash from the location at 6324 Stenton Ave., police said, he fled east toward Ogontz Avenue. The FBI described the man as being in his late 20's or early 30's, 5'9" to 5'11" tall, with a dark complexion, a stocky build and a scruffy mustache and goatee, wearing a white V-neck T-shirt and a baseball cap.  Anyone with information is asked to call the Philadelphia Police Department or the FBI at 215-418-4000.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Man Robs Citizens Bank on Stenton Avenue

Police said he made off with an unspecified amount of cash.

A man robbed a Citizens Bank at the corner of Stenton Avenue and East Washington Lane Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Police said the man presented a note to the teller at the bank at 6324 Stenton Ave. at about 2:50 p.m. demanding money. Once he was given the money—the amount of which police said was unspecified—he fled westbound toward Ogontz Avenue. The bank is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The man, according to police, was about 5'7" and had a scruffy beard. Police said he was wearing a light green hat, was wearing a white T-shirt and was carrying a red bandana. Anyone with information on bank robberies such as this one is generally asked to contact the Philadelphia Police Department or the FBI at 215-418…

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