At approximately 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 23, 2024, a white male wearing a black knit hat, black surgical mask, navy blue sweatshirt, and black pants entered the TD Bank at 2751 Street Road. He handed a demand note, “Give me all the money in your drawer and make sure it does not have any trackers in it.”  The teller activated the silent alarm and told the subject that he could not access the cash machine; the subject fled the scene in an unknown direction before the police arrived.

At 5:13 p.m., the same male entered the Santander Bank at 1425 Street Road. He was still wearing the face mask, and when employees told him he had to lower it, he left the bank without incident.

A Detective in Middletown Township then advised Bensalem Police over the radio that the suspect may be driving a small black Nissan sedan as they had a similar bank robbery on December 12, 2024.

At 5:21 p.m., a Bensalem Police Officer was checking the parking lot of the PNC Bank at 3707 Hulmeville Road. He observed a male walking from a parked vehicle into the bank.  The officer noticed that the black Nissan sedan the male was walking away from was running and did not have a registration plate on the back.  Moments later, police observed a male running from the bank's front door carrying a gray/white bag.  That male was taken into custody without incident and identified as Marc Masich, 47, Edgewater Drive, Amherst, NY.

The tellers at the PNC Bank reported that they were handed a demand note similar to the one used 20 minutes earlier at TD Bank. The teller emptied the drawer and handed Marc Masich approximately $4000 in US currency. Masich placed the money into a white “Bank of America” bag that he had brought with him and fled into the waiting arms of Bensalem Township Police Officers just outside.

When interviewed, Marc Masich admitted to the robbery at PNC Bank and attempted robbery at TD Bank. He also revealed that he was going to rob the Santander Bank, but he got scared and left the bank when employees told him to take his mask off. Marc Masich also admitted to three other bank robberies using the same demand note over the last month at the Santander Bank in Langhorne, PA, the Santander Bank in North Wales, PA, and the Truist Bank in Newtown Square, PA.

Marc Masich was charged with numerous felonies, including Robbery, Robbery of a Financial institution, Terroristic Threats, and related offenses.  He was arraigned by District Justice Frank Peranteau and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $500,000 bail.

Bensalem Police are currently working with the FBI and other local law enforcement to determine if Marc Masich was involved in similar bank robberies in Southeastern PA.