Police Respond to Two Thursday Bank Robberies

Updated Thursday at 3:41 p.m.: As initially reported by Twitter scanner reports and now confirmed to Patch by Woburn Police, a second bank was robbed in Woburn on Thursday.
Police confirmed that in addition to the Citizens Bank that was robbed earlier this afternoon on Main Street, a Citizens Bank inside Stop 'n Shop was also robbed just after 3 p.m.
Though some tweets indicated that the second robbery is connected to the first, police were unable to provide additional details as of Thursday afternoon.
Woburn Memorial High School students who were inside the school during the first robbery confirmed that the school was placed in shelter in place mode for about 15 minutes, which was ideal timing as the school had just completed a lockdown drill on Thursday morning.

Updated Thursday at 1:44 p.m.: Woburn Police confirmed that the Citizens Bank was robbed on Thursday afternoon by a white man who fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash.

According to police, the man entered the bank and robbed the bank without showing a weapon. After obtaining the cash, the man fled on foot towards Montvale Ave., where police believe there was a car waiting for him.

Woburn Police and the FBI Robbery Task Force are currently leading what police call an "active investigation."

Original Report: According to scanner reports, a man suspected of an attempted bank robbery in Wakefield attempted the same in Woburn on Thursday afternoon.

Twitter user @AlertNewEngland, who reports police scanner activity, tweeted at about 1 p.m. that a man had just attempted a robbery at the Citizens Bank located at 355 Main Street in Woburn.

According to the scanner reports, the man was suspected to be the same person who attempted to rob a Wakefield bank earlier Thursday. During that incident, a man presented the teller with a note mentioning a gun, but left without getting any money.

During the Woburn incident, a man left the scene in a Honda CRV, and the FBI was called to the bank, according to Alert New England.

Check back with Woburn Patch for more details on this developing story as they become available.