Seven people from Maryland and Washington, D.C. were indicted on multiple felony charges in a series of armed robberies that targeted bank customers across Maryland, Attorney General Anthony Brown said Friday.

At a news conference, Brown said the group “methodically stalked individuals … who were making substantial cash withdrawals from financial institutions” in Anne Arundel, Prince George’s, Howard, Charles, and Montgomery counties.

Brown described their actions as “calculated and brutal.” The seven men, who wore masks and “tactical” clothing, are accused of what Brown called “bank juggings,” where a suspect follows a victim who leaves a bank and then robs them.

Victims were typically ambushed in broad daylight and subjected to violent attacks such as striking, choking and in once instance biting, Brown said. All seven face multiple charges, including participation in a criminal gang, attempted murder, armed carjacking, armed robbery, assault, and firearms-related counts, according to a news release.

“The targets were ordinary residents, people withdrawing money, conducting routine financial transactions,” Brown said. “The assailants brandish firearms and discharge weapons to terrorize their victims, making their intentions unmistakably clear: your money or your life.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney General said the following men were arrested:

Tyriq Jayron Walker, 25, Upper Marlboro

Gary Gerald Cloutterbuck, 25, Washington, D.C.

Zavier Emmanuel Williams, 25, Upper Marlboro

Robert Darrell Hill, 23, White Plains

Dujuan Kenneth Smalls, 20, Upper Marlboro

Roland Adrian Thompson, 22, Washington, D.C.

Jeremy Adarryn Manago, 19, Capitol Heights

According to the Office of the Attorney General, the seven are part of two separate criminal organizations that “operated similarly.” The majority of the crimes took place in Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties, according to a PowerPoint presentation shown during the news conference. Among the banks that were targeted were Navy Federal Credit Union, Bank of America, Capital One and Wells Fargo.

Walker is the leader of one of the criminal organizations, according to Katie Dorian, chief of the Office of the Attorney General’s Criminal Division. Walker researched potential targets, directed members and possessed and discharged handguns to force victims to comply, according to the indictment.

C.T Wilson, an attorney who represented Walker in a previous case, was not immediately available for comment. Walker, Williams, Cloutterbuck and Hill are connected to 20 robberies and attempted robberies that happened between August 2023 and January 2024, according to the Office of the Attorney General.

“Theser individuals instilled fear in honest, hardworking citizens during their banking activities for nearly one year. Justice is now set to be administered,” Bowie Chief of Police Dwayne Preston, said in a statement.

Hill is represented by a public defender in Charles County for an offense that took place two months after the alleged robberies, according to the Maryland Judiciary. The Office of the Public Defender did not return a request for comment. Court records do not list an attorney for Cloutterbuck. Williams does not appear in any recent cases of the Maryland Judiciary.

The second indictment connects Smalls, Thompson and Manago to another string of robberies. Following the arrest of members of the first organization, the second one emerged and members committed 14 robberies and attempted robberies between May and July 2024, according to a news release. A breakdown of both robbery phases shows Bowie, Annapolis and Laurel as common locations, according to Friday’s presentation.

As of Friday afternoon, there were no attorneys listed for Smalls, Manago and Thompson, according to the Maryland Judiciary.

“Victimizing and traumatizing our innocent community members for profit will never be acceptable in any neighborhood within our county,” Anne Arundel County Chief of Police Amal E. Awad said in a statement. “We will catch you, and you will be held accountable for your criminal and violent decisions and actions.”

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