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Now Closed: United Bank in Vienna

The branch on Maple Avenue — robbed three times in as many months in 2011 — shut its doors as of last month.

 

United Bank is no longer operating on Maple Avenue.

The branch of the bank, which has 16 other locations in Northern Virginia, apparently closed its doors Jan. 31. 

Customers emailed Vienna Patch this week showing a dark office with "we're closed" signs hanging from the inside of the doors.

The bank made its mark on Maple Avenue with a large digital thermometer sign, which buffered the large building in which it was located from the road.

A representative from the bank could not be reached at press time.

In 2011, the bank was a victim of three armed robberies in as many months.

  • On June 16 2011, a suspect approached an employee who was unlocking the bank before 8 a.m. that day. Inside the bank, the suspect revealed a weapon and demanded money. The suspect took off on foot. Nobody was injured in the robbery, Police said.
  • When the bank was robbed on April 16, 2011, a lone male suspect entered the bank, revealed a handgun and demanded money from a teller before leaving the building on foot. That suspect was described as a black male, around 6 feet and 2 inches tall and around 180 pounds, wearing a black mask with eye slits, dark jeans and a dark wool cap.
  • On March 11, 2011, the bank was robbed in the same way. The suspect in that case was described as  "as a black male in his 20s, approximately 6 feet tall, wearing a black ski mask, black jacket, light-colored pants, black shoes and carrying a black bag."

A suspect was not apprehended in those cases.

The bank's Tysons branch, at 2071 Chain Bridge Road, Vienna, remains open

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Don Fowler

12:24 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013

Strange the bank would close a branch without notifying its local depositors, or the press. Or did it notify anyone in advance? Presumably this has nothing to do with an insolvency, where the FDIC would be involved.

And why did it take so long for Vienna Patch to print the story?

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Erica R. Hendry

4:23 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013

Hi Don,

We hadn't seen any signs, or heard anything about a closure, until a reader pointed it out. We never received a press release. I don't really have reason to go into that building on a regular basis — from the road, nothing seemed amiss.

They have a confirmation of the closure on the website, but that's about all. We're waiting on more information.
Best,
Erica

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Emily Korff

7:26 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013

Don, I work in the same building and sent Erica the photo. Although the official date the branch closed might be earlier, I believe that the branch was operational up until more recently, and even when I took the photo there were some people working in the offices inside. I don't bank there so I hadn't paid close attention their operations, but I do recall seeing traffic in the drive-though more recently than Jan 31.

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JB

10:18 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013

If the Vienna cops worried about crime instead of hassling Vienna residents, perhaps banks wouldn't leave town.

Nice job police and city council that is endorsing their behaviours.

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Reality

10:25 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013

Yes, the bank closing in 2013 is directly related to crimes in 2011 and Vienna police not preventing a bank robbery. Side note, when a bank is robbed, it loses no revenue; they're all covered by national blanket insurance policies with rates pegged to metrics.

But please, continue to use a 2011 incident and unrelated 2013 business closure to further your agenda.

JB

10:19 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013

By the way, I'm sure glad no noise was emitted during the robbery or I'm sure the town council would have been up in arms...as long as you wore your helmet to stop the crime.

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