Crime & Safety
Police: Brothers Arrested 30 Minutes after Columbia Bank Robbery
The two men were arrested in a wooded area behind River Meadows Drive about an hour after the robbery was reported.
Police have arrested two men after a PNC Bank on Little Patuxent Parkway was robbed on Saturday morning.
Howard County Police said one man entered the bank in the 10400 block of Little Patuxent around 9:50 a.m., displayed a handgun and demanded money, which employees provided. The suspect then fled with a second man, who police said acted as a lookout.
No one was injured in the robbery.
Police then saturated the area around the bank, and arrested two men in a wooded area behind River Meadows Drive around 10:20 a.m.
Calvin Abney, 23, of Oxen Hill and Richard Abney, 28, of Capitol Heights were charged with armed robbery, robbery, multiple counts of assault, theft, and a handgun violation. They are both being held at the Howard County Detention Center on $750,000 bond, according to police.
The two men, who are brothers, reportedly made off with $3,000 and then led police on an extended foot chase through east Columbia, according to charging documents reviewed by The Howard County Times. One of the men fired off a round at the ceiling inside the bank, according to the report.
The bank robbery is the second this month in Howard County. Police reported a man wearing a knit hat covering his face robbed a PNC Bank at 4392 Montgomery Road on Dec. 23. Police released an image of the suspect holding a handgun with a Christmas tree behind him inside the bank.
Police said they have not made any arrests in that robbery, but are continuing to investigate.
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