Police Investigate Two Northern Virginia Bank Robberies

Police are investigating two separate bank robberies in northern Virginia that occurred Tuesday.

The first robbery was committed at the M&T Bank on the 7000 block of Heritage Drive in Annandale. Police responded to a report of a robbery around 9:30 a.m.

According to witnesses, a man entered the bank and presented a demand note to a female teller and implied he had a weapon. He fled the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, police said. Nobody was injured.

The man was described as a black man in his 20s or 30s, approximately 6 feet tall with an athletic build. He sported a gray sport coat, a black fedora, sunglasses and white sneakers.

Surveillance images of the man are below.

The second robbery occurred in Arlington, Va., where two men entered a PenFed Credit Union bank on the 700 block of South 12th Street at 1:19 p.m. and demanded money from a teller.

The two men placed an undisclosed sum of money in their backpack and fled the scene in a blue and white taxi, according to witnesses.

The first man was black, approximately 6-feet tall, with a skinny build and short beard. He wore blue jeans, a blue jacket, a black and red hat, and glasses. The second man was black, about 5-feet-10 inches tall, and wore blue jeans, a grey hooded sweatshirt and blue jacket.

A surveillance image of the two robbers can be seen below.

Anyone with information on the first robbery in Annandale is encouraged to contact Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-8477, online at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or by texting “TIP187” with your message to CRIMES.

If you have information on the two men in the Arlington bank robbery, contact Detective Gary Skeens with the Arlington County Police Department at 703-228-4166, gskeens@arlingtonva.us, or investigations@arlingtonva.us. To report anonymously, contact Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-8477.

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