Serial Bank Robber Caught Near White Marsh: Police

WHITE MARSH, MD — A man the FBI has dubbed a serial bank robber was arrested thanks to an alert off-duty Baltimore County police officer near Perry Hall. The suspect in multiple bank robberies was arrested after the Bank of America in White Marsh was robbed, according to the FBI.

Fletcher Dorsett, 51, was caught by the off-duty officer as he tried to run from the bank branch in the 7900 block of Honeygo Boulevard Monday, officials said.

A policeman from the Woodlawn precinct had been at a teller station when a man went up to the teller next to him in the bank and put his backpack on the counter, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.

After the man left with the backpack "moments later," police said the teller announced she had been robbed.

Officer E. Legge chased the suspect across the parking lot, where he apprehended him and called for a uniformed officer, officials reported.

When Officer R. Cross of the White Marsh precinct arrived, police said he immediately recognized the man from an FBI wanted bulletin.

Dorsett was accused of robbing a Baltimore bank Oct. 25, his eighth bank robbery since July, according to the FBI, which called on the public to help find him. Police in Annapolis said Dorsett robbed a Wells Fargo Oct. 16 as well.

Dorsett, of the 5000 block of East Monument Street in Baltimore, has been charged with armed robbery and theft from $1,500 to under $25,000 in connection with an Oct. 21 case. He is being held without bail in Baltimore County.