UPDATE: Bank Robber Flees Scene on a Bicycle

UPDATE (Wednesday): Fairfax County Police issued this news release late Tuesday about the bank robbery:

Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Tuesday, August 5 at around 11:25 a.m. A man entered the United Bank, located at 7787 Leesburg Pike, threatened a weapon and demanded money. The bank teller complied and the suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. There were no injuries.

The suspect was described as black with a dreadlocks hairstyle. He wore jeans and a shirt with horizontal grey-blue colored stripes. The suspect fled the scene on a bicycle.

Anyone with information is asked to call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131 or contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187” plus your message to CRIMES/274637.

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The United Bank on Leesburg Pike was robbed on Tuesday morning, a Fairfax County Police spokeswoman has confirmed.

The bank robbery took place at approximately 11:20 a.m. Tuesday at the bank, located at 7787 Leesburg Pike. The location is very close to the I-495 Beltway.

A Patch reader who lives nearby and was home on her lunch break said she could see police tape up at the scene and multiple police vehicles.

No word yet from police on a description of a suspect or suspects.

The bank was also robbed last year on Oct. 15, 2013. That robbery also took place on a Tuesday, at 11 a.m. That suspect was described as a black male, about 5-feet, 8-inches tall, about 180 pounds with a medium build. He was described as having a long black beard and was wearing sunglasses.

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