Surveillance photos from two bank robberies, provided by the FBI and courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

UPDATE (Feb. 24) — The suspect has been identified as 39-year-old Donald Brown. Brown has multiple tattoos on his arms and chest, and spends a lot of time around Kensington Avenue near Somerset Street.

The FBI is searching for a bank robber, whom they believe is responsible for robberies in Mayfair and Bucks County.

The suspect robbed the Wachovia branch at 6420 Frankford Ave. Saturday morning just before 9:30. He passed a note to the teller, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. He did the same yesterday morning around 10:30 a.m. at a Wachovia branch in Feasterville. continue reading »

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As previously reported on NEast Philly, William Gill, 33, robbed a TD Bank at 3930 Woodhaven Rd. on Jan. 19. Since then, the FBI has figured out more details about Gill, including that he was involved in other crimes such as other bank robberies, stealing a van and stabbing two people. After fleeing the scene of the stabbing, Gill was heard saying that he “Would not be taken alive by cops,” according to authorities.

Despite this claim, reports have said that Gill has been arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Fl., for drug possession under the name of Michael Gill. Gill’s last known residence was at the 5000-block of Homestead Street.

Continue reading for an update on a 2006 robbery, news on a former Fox Chase Rec Center leader and more.

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Police are looking for a suspect who robbed a bank at Knights and Woodhaven roads yesterday afternoon, after he first attempted to rob a bank in Fishtown.

The suspect entered the TD Bank at 3930 Woodhaven Rd. around noon Tuesday. Reports say the man told the teller he had a gun, and then took off with an undisclosed amount of cash. continue reading »

Police and FBI are searching for a man who robbed a Pennypack bank at gunpoint yesterday afternoon.

A man entered the First Republic Bank at 8764 Frankford Ave. shortly after 3 p.m. and pointed a gun at one of the tellers. He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

View photos of the suspect below.

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Two Lawncrest banks, both on Rising Sun Avenue, were robbed in as many days.

On Monday, a man robbed the PNC Bank at 6705 Rising Sun Ave. around 12:30 p.m. The same man robbed the Bank of America at 6425 Rising Sun Ave. – a mere three blocks away – at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday. continue reading »

Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.

Police are looking for the man who robbed a TD Bank on Grant Avenue yesterday morning. The bank, at 2520 Grant Ave., was the first among two. The second occurred just 45 minutes later at a TD branch in Abington. Police are looking for a man with a beard with gray hair. He was wearing a black jacket and a black hat with a blue symbol. He may also have red dye on his clothing from when he dropped the money when a dye pack exploded.

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Outside media don’t care about the Northeast. We have all seen them misuse, misspell and mistake our neighborhoods and our streets, so we at NEast mag wanted to do something about it. When they get it wrong, we set it right in a segment we like to call Right NEast/Wrong NEast.

Courtesy of FOX29

By Shannon McDonald

The terrible thing about this story is, you can even tell from the picture FOX provides that they got mixed up. The photo is clear: the man police are looking robbed a bank in Mayfair – right in front of Mayfair mall, to be exact – not in Frankford, as FOX29 reported last week.

Someone should put out a memo to city’s media outlets and let them know that Frankford Avenue doesn’t necessarily mean Frankford the neighborhood.

By Shannon McDonald

The Citizens Bank on the 9200-block of Frankford Avenue was robbed yesterday afternoon.

Around 1:15 p.m., a man entered the bank and presented a note demanding an undisclosed amount of money. A teller gave the man a dye bag along with the money, which exploded after he fled south on Frankford Avenue in a blue vehicle.

An officer in Southwest Philadelphia apprehended the man later. The suspect is in custody, and the officer was treated at Hahnemann Hospital for a strained shoulder.