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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Update: Third Suspect in Gwinnett Bank Robbery in Custody

Marcus Rashed Rutledge was wanted in connection to an armed robbery at a Wells Fargo in Lawrenceville in December.

From Lawrenceville Patch Updated Wednesday, Jan. 9, 9:55 a.m. The Gwinnett County Sheriff's website has update Rutledge's entry. He has been charged with armed robbery and is being held without bond. His address is listed as 2800 Herrington Woods Ct, Apt. 4-201, Lawrenceville. According to the Gwinnett County Sheriff's website, the third suspect in an armed robbery at a Lawrenceville bank in December is now in their custody. Marcus Rashed Rutledge was booked into the Gwinnett County Detention Center at 5:15pm Tuesday.  Gwinnett County Police believe Rutledge was one of the gunmen who held up the Wells Fargo on Lawrenceville Highway on December 28th. Police arrested Jamar Terrell of Lawrenceville shortly after the robbery. Terrell is …

Friday, January 4, 2013

Video: Police Seek Suspects in Gwinnett Bank Robbery

Gwinnett Police say three men robbed a Wells Fargo bank in Lawrenceville. They have arrested one suspect and are still looking for two others.

From Lawrenceville Patch One suspect in an armed robbery of a Wells Fargo bank in Lawrenceville last month is now in police custody. However, Gwinnett County Police are still looking for two potential accomplices in the crime. On Friday, December 28th, two black males wearing masks walked into the Wells Fargo bank at 3065 Lawrenceville Highway just before 9:30am. This branch is located in the parking lot of the Walmart Neighborhood Market. The two men inside the bank have been identified by GCPD as 26 year old Jamar Terrell of 2769 Herrington Woods Road, Lawrenceville and 24 year old Marcus “Bankhead” Rutledge. Police say Terrell is the suspect armed with a handgun and Rutledge is wielding a shotgun in the video. The two men forced bank …

smart ass boss

12:07 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013

how stupid can you get 12300 from a bank yall need to be on the worlds dumbst crimminals. wal-mart robbers did better than that and they dont even know who he is. the world is sitting laughing at y'all. i bet y'all won't will never rob a bank with that snitch again. oops by the time yall get out the bank going to be robbing yall..........dumb dumb and dumber   more ›

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Two Arrested in Series of Bank Hold-Ups

Two suspects are charged with the August robbery of a Lilburn Wells Fargo Bank and a SunTrust Bank in Norcross, and they may face more charges in a string of bank heists around Metro Atlanta.

Two men have been charged in a series of recent robberies around Metro Atlanta, including that of a Wells Fargo Bank in unincorporated Lilburn and a SunTrust branch in Norcross. Henry Lee Johnson, 20, and Ebanga Asuamah, 27, were arrested and charged with the Lilburn and Norcross robberies, Cpl. Jake Smith of the Gwinnett County police said. Additional charges are being investigated by police in Gwinnett, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs and the FBI, Smith said in an email. In the August robbery of the Lilburn Wells Fargo, an armed man took $10,000 from tellers and feld. In November, a man entered the SunTrust Bank in Norcross and demanded cash at gunpoint, jumping up on a counter and threatening the teller. He took about $18,000 and fled. In …

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Bomb Squad Called to Wells Fargo

Unidentified package found at Peachtree Corners bank Wednesday evening.

Gwinnett County Police Department's bomb squad was called to investigate a "suspicious package" found just outside of the front doors at the Wells Fargo Bank on Peachtree Parkway Wednesday evening. Police said their EOD Unit (Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit) found an unknown substance inside the package but that their initial investigation found "no indication of an explosive device in the package," said Cpl. Jake Smith, spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department. Shortly after arriving the EOD unit determined that the material was not dangerous. "The package was a duffle bag which was filled with several smaller plastic bags," said Smith. "The investigation into who left the package and why will continue."

Monday, September 26, 2011

Wells Fargo Offers Reward for Information on Robbery

Two men robbed a Wells Fargo bank on Killian Hill Road Sept. 16, and the bank is offering as much as $5,000 for information leading to the suspects' arrest.

Gwinnett County police are looking for two suspects in a Sept. 16 robbery at Wells Fargo on Killian Hill in unincorporated Lilburn, and the bank is offering as much as $5,000 for information leading to the suspects' arrest. One suspect is about 6'1 to 6'2" tall and has a medium build. He was clean-shaven and in his early 20s. The other is about 5'2", thin, clean-shaven and also in his early 20s. both men are black, Corporal Jake Smith said in an emailed release. The men entered the bank three times on the day of the robbery, changing clothes each time before re-entering the bank. The third time, they handed the teller a note demanding money. The teller gave the men a bag with money and a dye pack, which exploded after they left the …

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Wells Fargo to Start Charging $3 Debit Card Fee

The bank announced recently that it will charge a $3 monthly fee for activity on its debit cards for accounts opened in five states, including Georgia.

Wells Fargo debit-card customers in Norcross and elsewhere in Georgia soon will be part of a test that will involve a $3 fee. The bank announced recently that it will charge a $3 monthly fee for activity on its debit cards for accounts opened in five states, including Georgia. There are several Wells Fargo Bank locations in Norcross, including at 6155 Buford Hwy, 5405 Jimmy Carter Blvd and 1625 Indian Trail Rd.  According to the Winston-Salem Journal, the bank plans to start charging customers in Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington the "activity" fee if they make any payments, purchases or transactions with a personal or business debit card, check card or ATM card. This will be in addition to the regular monthly service fee…

Travis Sizer

9:09 am on Thursday, August 25, 2011

In my opinion, banks are ripping people off. It's my money that i worked hard for and i should be able to access it when and where i want too. I understand the compition side of things, but why should i pay a fee to use a bank. I'm letting you hold onto my money that i worked for why would you play with it like that. Would you like it if i where to do that too you? Then they want to do this as a …   more ›

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Update: FBI Now Investigating Wells Fargo Bank Robbery

Armed robber held up Peachtree Parkway branch with a semi-automatic handgun.

Updated 4:35 a.m.  Shortly after 11 0'clock this morning a lone gunman entered the Wells Fargo branch on Peachtree Parkway and Spalding Drive and demanded money from one of the bank tellers. During the robbery he shot a male employee before making off with an undisclosed amount of money. Cpl. Jake Smith, spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department, said that a customer entering the bank heard gunshots and ran out of the building and called police. Gwinnett police said that the suspect is a black male with a light complexion in his early 20s to early 30s in age and slender build. He was wearing a black dread type wig possibly with a hat and brandishing a small caliber semi-automatic handgun. He was seen leaving in a bluish green …

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Bank Robbery Witness Says It Was 'No-Brainer' to Help Catch Suspects

Ivy Cormer spoke with police while he followed suspects into DeKalb County.

Ivy Cromer had the most eventful and unexpected day of the year in Lilburn on Friday. Cromer, 57, was the witness and 911 caller who helped police apprehend the four people who allegedly committed the Wells Fargo robbery on Lawrenceville Highway.  When he pulled into the bank's  parking lot at 9 a.m to make a transaction, he immediately saw something fishy when he noticed a woman and two men walking into the bank's entrance.  "I was driving by the front door of the bank about 15 feet from them," said Cromer. "I saw the masks go on, the hoodies go up and the gun come out, so I knew what was going on and what I was afraid of." Cromer then drove across Highway 29 to wait. After the suspects emerged, a one or two minutes later, he said the …

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