NEWS
May 16, 2013
A man suspected of robbing the Susquehanna Bank on Frederick Street in Hagerstown on May 10 has been arrested, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. Brandon Lee Rohrer, 23, of 20422 Mill Point Road in Boonsboro, faces charges of robbery, second-degree assault and theft from $1,000 to under $10,000. According to a report of the robbery in The Herald-Mail, the robber made off with an undisclosed amount of money May 10 after he handed a note to a teller demanding money. No weapons were displayed at the time of the robbery, according to police.
NEWS
By DON AINES and CALEB CALHOUN | dona@herald-mail.com | February 14, 2013
An owner of a Frederick Street restaurant scuffled with a would-be robber Wednesday night, causing him to spill the cash and flee empty-handed, according to charging documents filed in Washington County District Court. The Wednesday night robbery at Dolce restaurant led to the arrest of a man in connection with that and other robberies, including two of three recent robberies at the AC&T gas station a block away from the restaurant, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. Oscar Isaac Lopez, 18, of 607 Hayes Ave., Hagerstown, has been charged with three counts each of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery and theft, and a single count of second-degree assault, court records said.
NEWS
July 8, 2010
A man was assaulted Wednesday afternoon during an armed robbery in an apartment complex on Edgewood Hill Circle in Hagerstown, a 911 dispatcher said Wednesday night. The assailants in the robbery included three males and one female, the dispatcher said. Guns were used in the robbery, which was reported shortly after 3 p.m., and the victim was taken to the hospital as a result of the assault, the dispatcher said. The assailants left in a vehicle, and police were searching for them Wednesday night, the dispatcher said.
NEWS
December 26, 2011
Police have charged two people in a strong-arm robbery that occurred Monday morning on South Potomac Street in Hagerstown, city police said. Michael Junior Rodriguez, 22, and Barbara Jean Rodriguez, 20, neither of whom have a fixed address, were each charged with robbery, second-degree assault and theft of less than $1,000, according to a news release from the Hagerstown Police Department. The robbery was reported at 11:41 a.m. near 55 S. Potomac St., police said. The victim said she had been assaulted and robbed, and knew the people involved, police said.
NEWS
By DON AINES | dona@herald-mail.com | May 7, 2012
A Hagerstown man charged with attempting to rob one business, then robbing another about five minutes later Saturday, had his bond doubled to $150,000 Monday at a bail review hearing in Washington County District Court. Mark Edward Ernst, 44, of 31 Madison Ave., is charged with robbery, attempted robbery, theft, two counts of first-degree assault and three counts of second-degree assault, court records show. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing May 30. “I don't think it's an insult to him to say he's a robber,” Deputy State's Attorney Joseph Michael told District Judge Mark D. Thomas.
NEWS
March 13, 2012
Police on Monday apprehended a Harpers Ferry, W.Va., man at his home in connection with a robbery last Friday at Jefferson Security Bank on Princess Street, police said. Mark David Swann, 49, who is charged with robbery, did not offer any resistance when police took him into custody, Patrolman Mike King of the Shepherdstown Police Department said Monday night. Shepherdstown police officers along with officers from the West Virginia State Police, the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force, and the Harpers Ferry Police Department assisted in the apprehension, said Shepherdstown Police Chief David Ransom Jr. Swann's home was also searched, Ransom said.
NEWS
July 31, 2010
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. --A man who claimed that he had been robbed of $800 in cash on July 16 in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Martinsburg admitted to police last week he lost the money gambling, according to a Martinsburg Police Department press release. William Arthur Leland, 56, was charged with falsely reporting an emergency incident and was released on a $2,500 personal recognizance bond set by Berkeley County Magistrate W. Randy Smith, Detective Patrolman J.D. Luciano said. On July 16, city police responded to Wal-Mart at 800 Foxcroft Ave. to investigate a reported robbery in the parking lot, Luciano said.
NEWS
September 8, 2010
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- A Chambersburg man has been charged with robbing a Sheetz convenience store early Tuesday, the Chambersburg Police Department said. Gerald S. Preston, 29, whose last known residence was 666 Broad St., Apt. 4, Chambersburg, was taken into custody without incident Tuesday at 10:52 p.m., police said. He was charged with one count of robbery and was being held on $100,000 bond at Franklin County Jail on Wednesday, a jail spokeswoman said. The robbery happened at about 2:42 a.m. at the Sheetz convenience store at 1 Monticello Court, police said.
NEWS
By RICHARD F. BELISLE | richardb@herald-mail.com | February 8, 2013
A Pennsylvania man was being held in the Eastern Regional Jail on Friday night following his apprehension in Berkeley County, W.Va., in connection with an armed robbery at the Shepherdstown Pharmacy on Thursday morning. Joshua Armolt, 30, whose address was not available, was taken into custody at an apartment building on Holiday Road in the Swan Pond area of Berkeley County. Members of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, West Virginia State Police and U.S. Marshals were acting on a tip from Martinsburg Police when they spotted Armolt's black Pontiac Sunfire convertible parked in front of the apartment building, according to Lt. T.H. Hansen of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.