Post by Scumhunter on Oct 29, 2019 5:43:08 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: baltimoresun.com via Annapolis Police Department)
From The Baltimore Sun (baltimoresun.com):
FBI agents are searching for a Salisbury man who they say continued a spree of bank robberies — now a total of eight over three months — by holding up an M&T Bank Friday in downtown Baltimore.
Fletcher Dorsett, 51, had been convicted of robbing a bank in May 2007 and sentenced to eight years in federal prison. By the summer, he was finishing his prison sentence at a halfway house when agents say he began his crime spree.
On July 29, he robbed a Wells Fargo bank on Sinclair Lane in Northeast Baltimore, FBI spokesman Dave Fitz said. Next, he hit a bank in Lanham on Sept. 25, then two banks in Washington, D.C., the next day, Fitz said.
In October, Dorsett robbed an M&T Bank downtown on Calvert Street, a Wells Fargo in Annapolis, and a PNC Bank in Nottingham, Fitz said. Dorsett allegedly walks in, indicates he has a gun and hands the teller a note demanding money.
He robbed the M&T Bank on Friday afternoon on West Baltimore Street near Royal Farms Arena, Fitz said. Authorities are not disclosing how much money he made off with.
The FBI has posted billboards urging anyone with information about Dorsett to call 410-265-8080.
www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-serial-bank-robber-20191026-fsbh4o5rv5cg5fvami3rpsgigu-story.html
FBI Baltimore Twitter posting: m.twitter.com/FBIBaltimore/status/1188136033491271682
Thoughts? Based on local news reports, Dorsett was still at large at least as of yesterday (October 28th, 2019). I've often been on the record that bank robbers usually don't make my personal wanted lists, which usually emphasizes murderers and people who commit crimes against children, but bank robbers still are also bad guys who need to be caught as well. Here we have an even more concerning alleged bank robber than usual considering Dorsett just got out of prison for bank robbery. His note says he has a gun, and sometimes the robber is bluffing but there is no way of knowing that, Dorsett could in fact have a gun, and the more banks Dorsett allegedly robs, the more a situation going awry where someone innocent being hurt can happen. (Not to mention every ordeal is terrifying for the tellers and traumatic even if they're not physically harmed). Hopefully the FBI publicity can end the manhunt quickly.
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