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A Dickinson Narrows man was arrested for two area recent bank robberies and is suspected of a third.
Through tips and investigation, the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force and 3rd District police were able to arrest Keith Mays, 43, at a Southwest Philadelphia home 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12, said FBI Special Agent J.J. Klaver. Mays, whose last known address was on the 400 block of Dickinson Street, was charged locally with two counts each of robbery, theft, receiving stolen property and terroristic threats for the Dec. 31 robbery of Sovereign Bank, 2701 S, 10th St., and the Jan. 3 robbery of TruMark Financial Credit Union, 1931 S. Broad St.
Mays also is suspected of robbing Citizens Bank, 2001 S. Broad St., although no charges have been filed yet, Klaver said.
At noon Jan. 11, a man allegedly entered the bank and handed a teller a note that said, “give me all your money. I have a gun,” Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. The bank employee gave the perpetrator all the money in her top drawer, but no dye pack or GPS unit. The offender fled the bank in an unknown direction with an undetermined amount of cash.
The robber was described as black, late-30s to mid-40s, 5-foot-8 with a medium build and a mustache and wearing a dark hoody, dark jacket and black knit cap.
Contact Managing Editor Amanda L. Snyder at asnyder@southphillyreview.com or ext. 117.
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Child killed
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Knife snatch
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