Crime & Safety
Police: Tuesday's Double-Bank Robberies Not Related
In under two hours, two Rockville banks less than a mile apart were robbed.
Montgomery County Police said that two Rockville bank robberies reported nearly a block away from each other and less than two hours apart were not related.
The first robbery was reported at around 9:30 a.m. at SunTrust Bank at 1475 Rockville Pike, where a robber with gun ordered a teller to give him cash and drove off, police said.
Police said two people were involved in a second incident that happened just before 11 a.m. at Wells Fargo Bank, at 110 Congressional Lane—less than a half mile away.
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Police said the robbers approached a teller demanding money—one of the robbers vaulted the counter while the other fired a shot into the ceiling.
The robbers left the bank without getting any money, according to police.
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No injuries were reported.
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Editor's Note: This story has been updated since it was originally published at 11:51 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013.
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