Crime Solvers

Date published: 7/8/2008

Spotsylvania Crime Solvers is seeking information on the following crimes:

Two black men entered the Tobacco House on Plank Road around 9 p.m. on June 21. The suspects, armed with a gun, placed a customer on the floor and told the clerk to hand over all the cash. Once the suspects obtained cash, they fled the store toward the Moose Lodge on Cherry Road.

The suspects were described as 18 to 20 years old, tall and wearing dark bandanas over their faces, black pants and hooded sweatshirts (08-80281).

The Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office needs help in identifying the people responsible for the May 8 bank robbery at PNC Bank in the Southpoint area. Two black men robbed a teller inside the bank and fled in a white Dodge Magnum with North Carolina plates. The suspects have been linked to at least seven other bank robberies in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama.

Americas Most Wanted currently is featuring these suspects on their Web site at amw.com/fugitives/brief .cfm?id=56722, key words Interstate Bank Bandits (08-59585).

Between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on June 30, someone broke into two homes in the Lake Wilderness II subdivision. The victims reported their homes were ransacked and items stolen included a 40-caliber Glock handgun, a Browning 22-caliber handgun, jewelry, a Gateway laptop computer, change jars, a beer sign and credit cards. Several daytime burglaries occurred in this subdivision in June (08-84181, 08-84223).

A home in the Breckenridge subdivision was burglarized overnight on June 26. A child's bicycle and numerous credit cards were reported stolen.

Between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on June 27, a home on Avocet Way in Summers Landing subdivision, was burglarized and the suspects stole a Sony PlayStation3 system, a Nintendo Wii game system, an Xbox 360 system and numerous games (08-82837).

A home in the Timbers subdivision was burglarized between noon and 2 p.m. on July 2. The suspect(s) entered the home and stole a coin collection (08-85264).

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Date published: 7/8/2008