Police Suspect Crime Ring in Verizon Store Robbery

The March 9 robbery of the Verizon Wireless store may have been the work of a crew that has struck stores all over the region, police said.

The armed robbery of the Verizon Wireless store in Piney Orchard on Saturday was carried out by a group of criminals that has appeared in stores throughout the Washington, DC and Baltimore area, Anne Arundel County police said.  The commander of the police department's Western District said Wednesday that the robbery on March 9 was similar in nature to several robberies throughout the region, including at least three in Anne Arundel County.  Capt. Herbert Hasenpusch said the department is working with law enforcement agencies in Montgomery County in Maryland and Spotsylvania County in Virginia, as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, among other groups. "This is part of a large scheme," Hasenpusch said Wednesday at the meeting of …

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