Armed Robbers Target ATM Patrons

One or more armed gunmen was targeting ATM patrons in the area on Sunday, June 17, according to police. 

At around 9:40 p.m., an armed man attempted to rob a 47-year-old Arbutus woman while she was at the ATM of M&T Bank at the Wilkens Beltway Plaza on the 4600 block of Wilkens Ave., according to police.

A man dressed in all black approached the victim, pointed a black revolver into her back, and demanded money, police said. When the victim said she had no money, the suspect fled on foot.

At around 10:11 p.m., a man was withdrawing money from an ATM on the 5600 block of Baltimore National Pike in Catonsville when he was approached by a man wearing a ski mask and holding a black semiautomatic handgun, according to police.

The victim withdrew money for the suspect, who then fled northbound toward Ingleside Avenue in a white sedan, police said.