3 Apprehended After Towson Bank Robbery Reported

TOWSON, MD – A report of a bank robbery in Towson Wednesday morning prompted a pursuit that involved a police car crash, a search through Towson Town Center and three people being taken into custody, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.

The three people apprehended were not the suspects in the bank robbery, it turned out, police said.

At 11:19 a.m., a robbery was reported at the First Mariner Bank in the 1600 block of East Joppa Road, officials said.

An officer saw a vehicle "driving in a suspicious manner and possibly trying to be evasive" near Interstate 695 at Loch Raven Boulevard, police said in a statement.

The officer followed the vehicle onto Providence Road, at which point the driver allegedly fled from police to Towson Town Center, according to the statement.

Once at the mall, those inside the vehicle got out, police said. A woman who tried to run was quickly apprehended, while a man went inside the building, according to officials.

Police set up a perimeter around the mall and called in extra resources to assist with the search, officials said.

The man was later found in the backseat of another vehicle that a man was driving, police reported.

A total of three people were taken into custody, according to police, who said in a statement: "Further investigation has indicated that the suspects taken into custody were not responsible for the bank robbery but detectives are continuing to investigate."

Officials said that a police vehicle was involved in a crash that caused minor injuries during the incident.

Authorities said nobody near the mall was in any danger, and police were not searching for anyone else.