Police in Bowie, Maryland, warned about an uptick in armed robberies at banks during the past two weeks with robbers stealing hundreds of dollars from customers.
The Bowie Police Department says the trend is called “jugging,” where instead of robbers stealing money from inside a bank, they steal from customers leaving the bank and withdrawing cash from ATMs.
Bowie Chief Dwayne Preston said his city has seen four such crimes since Wednesday. The robbers are using stolen vehicles and hitting banks across Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties, police said.
Last week, two people died after a police chase that started in Anne Arundel County passed through Prince George’s County ended with a crash in…
