Man Arrested In Oaklyn Bank Robbery: Police

HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ — A Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged in connection with two Camden County bank robberies in three days, authorities announced Wednesday evening.

Leon Stanford, 51, of Scranton, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with bank robberies in Oaklyn and Cherry Hill, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer, Oaklyn Police Chief Mark Moore and Cherry Hill Police Chief William “Bud” Monaghan.

Authorities said Stanford robbed the TD Bank on the 1100 block of White Horse Pike in Oaklyn shortly before noon Saturday.

Surveillance footage shows Scranton entering the parking lot in a white SUV before backing into a parking spot, according to the prosecutor’s office. Detectives said he entered the bank and waited in line before passing a note to the teller demanding money. After getting an undisclosed amount of money, he fled the bank in the same SUV, according to authorities.

Pictures from the incident were released the same day. After that, multiple witnesses identified the man as Stanford. Through the investigation, detectives said they learned Stanford’s white Saturn VUE matches the same vehicle captured on the surveillance footage.

Stanford is also accused of passing a similar note demanding money to an employee at Republic Bank in Cherry Hill on Monday, according to authorities.

Stanford was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force — Camden Division on Tuesday, according to authorities. He was charged with two counts of second-degree robbery. He was transported to the Camden County Jail pending a detention hearing.