Police Make Arrest In Putty Hill Plaza Bank Robbery

Baltimore County police have made an arrest in the robbery of a Fullerton Bank of America branch late last month.

Robert Louis Thompson, 32, of no fixed address, was arrested May 5 after police received a Metro Crime Stoppers tip, including the suspect's name, as a response to

Thompson has been charged in connection with two bank robberies. 

On April 29, shortly after 4 p.m., a man entered the Bank of America branch in Putty Hill Plaza and used a note to demand money from a teller, then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Two days earlier, on the afternoon of April 27, a man robbed an M&T Bank on Ridgely Road, in the Lutherville-Timonium area.

Thompon is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center without bail.