Thursday, January 31, 2013
Fawzi Atra of Bethlehem Township to serve nearly six years in a federal prison for six bank robberies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Thursday, January 31
A Bethlehem Township man the FBI called “The Silent Bandit” for the manner in which he robbed six banks in Pennsylvania and New Jersey was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison on Wednesday, according to published reports. Fawzi Atra, 43, of 2011 14th St., was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following the prison sentence and pay a special assessment and $9,688 in restitution, according to The Morning Call. Atra had previously pleaded guilty to the crimes. When he was arrested after his sixth heist in Mount Pocono, Atra told police that he was motivated to rob banks because the economy was terrible and he had lost his job. The robbery spree began on April 3 at the KNBT bank branch inside the Giant …
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Arrested Thursday after robbery at Mount Pocono bank, Bethlehem Township man tells police he robbed six others, including the KNBT on the West Side.
A Bethlehem Township man arrested for a bank robbery in Mount Pocono Thursday is now the prime suspect in six other bank robberies including the one at the KNBT in West Bethlehem on April 3, according to court papers. “I’m the silent bandit,” Fawzi K. Atra told a detective from the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department shortly after being taken into custody on suspicion of robbing the ESSA Bank inside a Weis Market, according to a federal court affidavit filed by an FBI agent. Atra, 42, of 2011 14th St., in Bethlehem Township, is at this point charged only in the robbery committed Thursday in Mount Pocono, though the federal affidavit says Atra claimed responsibility for six other bank heists this month – all of the robberies …
Friday, April 13, 2012
FBI believes that robber who struck bank in Warminster on Wednesday may be the same man who robbed the KNBT in West Bethlehem last week.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
The man who robbed the KNBT bank branch inside of the Giant in West Bethlehem more than a week ago may have struck again in Warminster, Bucks County, on Wednesday, according to the FBI. At approximately 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, the robber entered the PNC Bank inside of a Shop Rite in Warminster brandishing a weapon and presenting a threatening demand note to the teller After obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash, he fled the bank in what authorities believe to be a light silver or gold sedan with a rounded back That is similar to the description of the getaway vehicle in Bethlehem, which was a silver or beige sedan. The Bethlehem robbery occurred on April 3, shortly after noon. The suspect reportedly handed the teller a threatening note, …
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