Serial Bank Robber Nabbed With Bag Of Cash In Bensalem

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —He hit up another bank and walked out with a bag full of cash after failing at two bank robbery attempts on Monday, police said.

But 47-year-old Marc Masich walked out of the PNC Bank with $4,000 in a white bag and walked into the hands of a Bensalem Township police officer who took him into custody without incident.

Masich's days of being a serial bank robber were over, Bensalem Police said.

Masich also admitted to three other bank robberies using the same demand note over the last month at the Santander Bank in Langhorne, the Santander Bank in North Wales, and the Truist Bank in Newtown Square.

Bensalem Police are currently working with the FBI and other local law enforcement to determine if Masich was involved in similar bank robberies in southeastern Pennsylvania.

On Monday, Masich walked into the TD Bank on Street Road on Monday and handed the teller a demand note: “Give me all the money in your drawer and make sure it does not have any trackers in it.”

But Bensalem Police said the teller told the man wearing a black knit hat, black surgical mask, navy blue sweatshirt, and black pants who entered the TD Bank at 2751 Street Rd. that he could not access the cash machine.

Police said Masich then fled in an unknown direction before the police arrived.

At 5:13 p.m. Monday, he entered the Santander Bank at 1425 Street Rd., still wearing the face mask, and when employees told him he had to lower it, he left the bank without incident.

Police said a Middletown Township detective then advised Bensalem Police over the radio that the suspect may be driving a small black Nissan sedan as they had a similar bank robbery on Dec. 12.

At 5:21 p.m., a Bensalem police officer was checking the parking lot of the PNC Bank at 3707 Hulmeville Rd. when he spotted a man walking from a parked vehicle into the bank.

The officer noticed that the black Nissan sedan the male was walking away from was running and did not have a registration plate on the back. Moments later, police observed a male running from the bank's front door carrying a gray/white bag, police said.

Masich, of Amherst, N.Y., was taken into custody without incident. The tellers at the PNC Bank reported that they were handed a demand note similar to the one used 20 minutes earlier at TD Bank.

Police said the teller emptied the drawer and handed Masich about $4,000 in cash. Masich placed the money into a white “Bank of America” bag that he had brought with him and fled the bank, police said.

When interviewed by police, Masich admitted to the robbery at PNC Bank and attempted robbery at TD Bank. He also revealed that he was going to rob the Santander Bank, but he got scared and left the bank when employees told him to take his mask off.

Masich was charged with numerous felonies, including robbery, robbery of a financial institution, terrorist threats, and related offenses.

He was arraigned by District Justice Frank Peranteau and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $500,000 bail.