Bank Robberies

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- Chambersburg Police were searching for a man who allegedly robbed the Wayne Ave. branch of F&M Trust Bank on Friday. Police said a man entered the bank around 12:14 p.m. and demanded money, threatening as if he had a weapon. The man then took an undetermined amount of money and fled on foot, police said. Police described the suspect as a white man in his late 20s, about 5 feet 11 inches tall and thinly built with a slight beard. He was seen wearing a long-sleeve black shirt, dark pants and a blue bandana on his head and face.

Warrant issued in bank robbery By BOB PARTLOW / Staff Writer MARTINSBURG, W. Va. - Berkeley County Magistrate Joan Bragg issued a warrant Friday for the arrest of William Oliver Burris in connection with the unarmed robbery of City National Bank on Winchester Avenue around noon Thursday. Burris, who has no listed address, is being held by Maryland prison authorities for violating terms of the mandatory supervision under which he was released one year ago, said Priscilla Doggett, spokesperson for the Maryland Division of Corrections.

The Washington County Sheriff's Department on Wednesday was investigating a robbery at the M&T Bank at 14 W. Potomac St. in Williamsport, Lt. Mark Knight said. Deputies responded to the robbery at about 9:15 a.m. The robber was described as white, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall with a medium build, Knight said in a news release. The man was clean-shaven and wearing a maroon Washington Redskins T-shirt and a white baseball-style cap with a "T" on the front, Knight said. The robber left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, the investigator said.

scottb@herald-mail.com Two alert bank tellers helped the Hagerstown Police Department catch two men accused of robbing First United Bank & Trust on 1751 Knightsbridge Drive on Friday, Lt. Rick Johnson said. While the robbers' faces were masked, the tellers recognized the voice of one of the suspects, Johnson said. Luis Antonio Maldonado, 18, of 17729 Virginia Ave., and his cousin, Jose Luis Maldonado, 23, of 11019 Coventry Lane, were charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit robbery, four counts of general robbery, four counts of second-degree assault and one count of felony theft, Johnson said.

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- Police were looking for a man who took an undisclosed amount of money Wednesday from United Bank's branch office in the Maddex Square shopping center just outside of Shepherdstown. The robber handed a teller a demand note written on a red McDonald's french fries container, according to Sgt. R.S. Sell of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. No one was injured in the robbery, which police were dispatched to investigate at 12:14 p.m., Sell said. No weapon was shown, according to Sell.

Jurors in the trial of a man accused of helping to rob the M&T Bank at 930 Dual Highway in March were taken Thursday to view the crime scene. Prosecutors showed the jurors the alleged escape route, which led down a roadway between the M&T and Chevy Chase banks, and ended several hundred feet to the north near a wall behind the Weis market. It was there on March 8 that authorities arrested Darnell Edward Stewart, 50, of 9207 Eldon Drive in Clinton, Md., and two other men in connection with the robbery.

City police Tuesday afternoon arrested a man they believe robbed The Columbia Bank at 83 W. Washington St. in Hagerstown earlier in the day. However, the money the man allegedly took has not yet been found, police said. Franklin Dale Keefer, 28, of 50 Summit Ave., Apt. 607, was taken into custody by police Tuesday afternoon, Sgt. Jim Hurd said. Police found Keefer walking into the Dagmar hotel, where his apartment is, a little more than an hour after the robbery took place, he said.