Pizza Hut Manager Victim of Second Night Deposit Robbery
Police say the Perry Hall robbery may be related to an incident last April.
A Perry Hall Pizza Hut manager and worker were robbed of a night deposit outside 1st Mariner Bank early Monday, according to police.
Baltimore County police say the incident may be related to a similar robbery last April.
Shortly before 1 a.m. on Sept. 17, the male restaurant manager and female worker attempted to drop off two night deposits outside the bank along the 8800 block of Belair Road, according to the police report.
A man emerged from behind the corner of the bank and stole a night deposit, worth about $250, from the manager. Another man then approached the worker and slapped her. Both suspects then fled toward Verdel Road, the police report states.
The manager was also the victim of a similar robbery on April 23, when a night deposit worth nearly $1,500 was stolen. The suspects in that incident—who matched similar, though vague, descriptions as the suspects in the Pizza Hut robbery—approached the manager in the same location. Weapons were not used in either robbery.
"We're not ruling out the possibility that there is a connection between this and the robbery back in April," said Lt. Ron Brooks of the White Marsh police precinct. "Clearly, there are similarities."
Other robberies have also occurred along the 8800 block of Belair Road over the past year.
1st Mariner Bank was robbed on Aug. 29 at gunpoint. Police arrested four men following an ATM robbery at 1st Mariner Bank on March 3. Dominick's Pizza, directly across the street from the former Wachovia bank and 1st Mariner Bank, was robbed at gunpoint by two men on Feb. 1. A Wachovia customer was robbed at gunpoint in the drive-thru ATM on Oct. 27 last year.
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Pizza Hut
8641 Belair Rd, Baltimore, MD -
1st Mariner Bank
8843 Belair Rd, Nottingham, MD -
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Baltimore County Police Department Precinct 9 White Marsh
8220 Perry Hall Blvd, Baltimore, MD -
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Dominick's Pizza and Subs
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chickpea
10:09 am on Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Seriously! This is ridiculous.. 1st Mariner apparently doesn't care about it's customers enough to put in place a better well-lit night deposit area, or cameras. And the criminals apparently know this place is an easy target! Pizza Hut should move their accounts elsewhere! Where are the police? Can't these hard-working people from Pizza Hut get some assistance at night for 10 minutes? This really makes me angry as this is now happening within walking distance from my home. This kind of crime happening now over and over in Perry Hall should outrage everyone!
Dona Meyers
10:23 am on Wednesday, September 21, 2011
These days night deposits are a very bad idea . Someone could lose a life over a few hundred dollars. Companies need to reavaluate banking procedures and the safety of employees.
Tim
11:19 am on Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Agreed. I used to do night deposits with my female manager back when I worked in an automotive aftermarket. Then again, that was back when times were better, and the deposit was made at 10pm, not 1am.
It's just a tpoorly thought out practice, what Pizza Hut is doing. Perry Hall's got nothing on most of the rest of the country, insofar as crime is concerned.
John Doe
11:05 am on Wednesday, September 21, 2011
c-pea and Dona are 100% correct. Quit putting "cheese" out for the "rats" in the early AM. Also, attention all robbers who try this against me, you will suffer the consequences and go home crying (if you are lucky). Have a nice day.
Bill Howard
9:57 pm on Wednesday, September 21, 2011
It's the 21st century. There should be tech means of protecting people. Maybe an enclose area that only authorized customer can access w/lots of detection etc.
Step two, it needs to be easier in this state for people with clean records who carry money to get a carry permit for their protection. This type of crime is more rare in states where they have better gun laws/freedom. In Maryland criminals have more gun freedom than good citizens do.
Homer
7:44 am on Thursday, September 22, 2011
move the bank ......that's hilarious !