Salisbury PNC robbery suspect in custody

Police say the masked man who walked into PNC Bank on West Isabella Street and presented a note demanding cash while implying he was armed is 52-year-old Erland Edward Roessler III of Salisbury.

Roessler was arrested without incident late Friday, July 28, at a residence authorities say he was using, and charged with armed robbery and related offenses, said the Salisbury Police Department on Saturday. He is jailed awaiting an appearance before a court commissioner.

Roessler is accused of entering the bank around 2 p.m. and fleeing on foot shortly afterward with an undisclosed amount of cash handed over by a bank employee.

No one was injured during the incident.

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Police evidence includes photographs of the suspect inside the bank, witness accounts and items collected in a search of the residence, police said. Police did not give a location of the residence.

Maryland State Police, MSP Trooper 4 and the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office assisted in the search and investigation.

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