Robbery

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hagerstown police said a man with a handgun robbed the Weis supermarket Tuesday night on Shank Farm Way. The man entered the store shortly after 9 p.m., approached a clerk working at an ATM and announced a robbery, according to a police department news release. The robber told the clerk to open the ATM and remove the money inside. Police said the man fled the store with an unknown amount of cash. No one was injured during the robbery. Anyone with information may call police at 301-790-3700.

Police are searching for a man who made off with an undisclosed amount of money in a robbery Friday afternoon at a Susquehanna Bank on Frederick Street in Hagerstown, according to a news release from the Hagerstown Police Department. The robbery at 940 Frederick St. occurred at 3:58 p.m., the release stated. According to police, upon entering the bank, the man handed a teller a note that demanded money. The man then fled the scene.  The suspect is being described as a white male approximately 6-foot to 6-foot 2-inches in height, with a thin build, the release stated.

A suspect was taken into custody Thursday evening, about an hour and a half after a robbery occurred at an M&T Bank branch on Old National Pike in Boonsboro, according to a Washington County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman. Daquan Quincenell Barnes, 19, no fixed address, was charged with robbery, theft from $1,000 to $10,000 and second-degree assault, according to the sheriff's office. Barnes was transported to the county's central booking facility for processing, police said Wednesday night.

Hagerstown police said they believe the same person might have committed four armed robberies in the city this week. Police Chief Mark Holtzman said Friday that the robber matched the same description in all four cases - a Wednesday robbery and three on Thursday - and carried what appeared to be the same weapon in each case. He said the robber demanded cash or cigarettes in each of the four robberies. “They appear to be related,” Holtzman said. “He was seen leaving each location on foot.” The robber was described as a black male who has a thin build and is about 6 feet tall.

Police are investigating an armed robbery Thursday morning on Potomac Avenue, Hagerstown Police said in a news release. The robbery in the 1000 block of Potomac Avenue was reported at 4:04 a.m., police said. The victim was confronted by a male who displayed a handgun, the release said. The person, who was wearing a black mask and black hooded sweat shirt, stole a bicycle and sweat shirt before fleeing the area on another bicycle, according to police. Police estimated the loss at $200.

An armed robbery was reported at Universal Spirits at 33 E. Franklin St., Thursday night, according to a Washington County 911 spokesman. The robbery was reported at 10:36 p.m. and Hagerstown Police Department officers were investigating the incident, the spokesman said.

Hagerstown police are looking for a person who robbed a Sheetz convenience store at gunpoint Wednesday morning. The robbery at 700 Potomac Ave. was reported at 4:57 a.m., police said in a news release. A male wearing a ski mask and a dark sweat shirt or jacket brandished a handgun and demanded cigarettes. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cigarettes, he fled on foot, according to police. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Hagerstown Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at 301-790-3700.

One of two men charged in Monday's armed robbery of the Washington County Teachers Federal Credit Union on Virginia Avenue robbed it three years earlier, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office and Circuit Court records. Cruz Daniel Maldonado, 21, of 398 Bryan Place in Hagerstown, pleaded guilty in January 2011 to the April 19, 2010, robbery of the credit union, Washington County Circuit Court records show. Judge W. Kennedy Boone III, now retired, sentenced him to 15 years in prison, but suspended 10 years, court records say. Maldonado was released from prison in November, according to Mark Vernarelli, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

Police apprehended a Hagerstown man in a dressing room in the Eddie Bauer store and caught another Hagerstown man near the Timberland store in the Hagerstown Premium Outlets Monday afternoon following a robbery at the Washington County Teachers Federal Credit Union on Virginia Avenue. Police swarmed the outlets when Joshua Andre Lockley and Cruz Daniel Maldonado were apprehended, and people who were shopping at the time stopped and watched the situation unfold. Lockley, 28, of 424 N. Locust St., and Maldonado, 21, of 398 Bryan Place, were being held in the county's central booking facility Monday night waiting to see a district commissioner, a spokeswoman said.