Crime & Safety

Dapper Bandit May Have Hit Again in Morris County

Well-dressed man robs Mount Olive bank Monday, similar to description of person who struck Parsippany bank earlier this month.

The well-dressed bandit who robbed a Parsippany bank earlier this month may have struck again Monday.

Authorities are looking for a man who did not show a weapon when he robbed the PNC Bank on Route 46 in Budd Lake Monday afternoon, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.

The robber is described to be a while male in his early 20s, about 6-foot-2 with a slender build, the prosecutor's office said. The man has short dark hair, facial hair and a pronounced nose, the prosecutor's office said.

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The man was wearing dark-colored dress clothes with a white shirt and dark-colored tie and was wearing dark glasses and a backpack, the prosecutor's office said.

A similar well-dressed man inside a Pathmark on Route 46 in Parsippany on July 20.

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Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi said in a statement "law enforcement authorities are evaluating the relationship [of Monday's robbery] to other incidents."

The prosecutor's office said authorities are looking for a dark-colored Mitsubishi they believe may have been in the area at the time of Monday's robbery, which occurred just after 3 p.m.

Mount Olive Township Police, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit, Morris County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations and K9 units, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New Jersey State Police are investigating the robbery.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Mount Olive Police Department at 973-691-0850 or the Morris County Sheriffโ€™s Office Crime Stopper Program at 973-COPCALL.


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