Woman Charged with Robbing Two Banks
Police locate vehicle, apprehend suspect.
By Victoria Ross
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=353320&paper=88&cat=104
Fairfax County Police arrested a woman they believe is responsible for two recent robberies of Apple Federal Credit Unions in Kingstowne and Springfield.
According to a Fairfax County Police release, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, just after 6 p.m., a patrol officer discovered a 1997 Buick LeSabre in the parking lot of Beacon Mall in the 6700 block of Richmond Highway that was linked to the two bank robberies.
Officers set up surveillance of the vehicle in the hopes of determining who the owner was. According to the release, detectives responded to the call and established probable cause to arrest the owner of the LeSabre.
At a nearby business, Angela Marie Roselee Fitzhugh-Hill of the 3400 block of Holly Hill Road in Alexandria was working. When she returned to her car, officers apprehended her. She was taken to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where police charged her with two counts of threats to bomb and two counts of robbery.
On Aug. 1, detectives released a video that showed the suspect who robbed the credit union on Friday, July 15, at 6831 Sir Viceroy Drive in Kingstowne around 12:30 p.m.
On Friday, July 29, around 11 a.m., a woman wearing a light colored shirt and blue jeans robbed the Apple Credit Union at 6314 Springfield Plaza.
During both robberies, the woman handed a note to the teller demanding money, and fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash. No injuries were reported.
On Thursday, July 28, another bank robbery occurred at BB&T Bank at 6120 Arlington Blvd. The suspect demanded money, and then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. There were no injuries.
The suspect in that robbery was described as a black man, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, medium build and wearing a blue and black track suit. Officer Don Gotthardt, a spokesman for the FCPD, said the police do not believe the two bank robberies are related at this time.
“Bank robberies are crimes of opportunity and desperation. These are hard financial times, and suspects sometimes feel a sense of desperation. I can’t speak to the exact motivation in these specific cases,” said Gotthardt.
Anyone with information about these robberies is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.
Fairfax County Police released this photo of a woman they say robbed two Apple Federal Credit Unions.
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