Hanover Man Robbed Bank, Coffee Shop: Police

MILLERSVILLE, MD — Detectives with the Anne Arundel County police tracked down and arrested a Hanover man on Monday on charges that he robbed a Crofton bank and a Hanover coffee shop. Both robberies occurred on Saturday, and the police initially stated that the heists were committed by two difference robbers.

The police took Nicholas Daniel Pearson, 23, into custody and charged him with both heists and related offenses, the department announced Wednesday.

The first robbery took place Saturday morning at the Starbucks in the 7600 block of Dorchester Boulevard in Hanover, the police said. They reported that an unidentified male entered the store, flashed a knife and demanded money from the cash register.

Before police officers arrived, he fled from the Starbucks towards Dorchester Boulevard. Officers searched the area but did not locate him.

The second robbery occurred at the Old Line Bank at 1641 Route 3 North in Crofton, according to a police report. An individual wearing dark clothing with his face covered entered the bank and announced a robbery.

He showed bank employees a plastic bag, but did not show a weapon or imply that he had one, the police said. The employees complied with his demand, and he fled the bank on foot.

Officers searched the area with a K9 unit (a police dog and handler), but did not locate the robber.

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Image: Nicholas Daniel Pearson (Anne Arundel County Police Department