Colin Thomas Bowie Of Chevy Chase, Md. Charged In Fairfax Denny's Restaurant Robbery

6:12 PM, Feb 22, 2012   |    comments
Colin Thomas Bowie, charged with robbery, abduction, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and impersonating a police officer in Fairfax
  • Share
  • Email
  • Print
  • - A A A +

FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA) -- Fairfax County police have charged a Chevy Chase, Md. man for a New Year's Day robbery at a Denny's Restaurant.

Colin Thomas Bowie was charged with robbery, abduction, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and impersonating a police officer.

According to Fairfax City Police, Takoma Park Police arrested Bowie on Feb. 17, charging him as a fugitive from justice from Virginia. He is being held in Montgomery County, Md.

In the Denny's robbery, authorities say a man entered the restaurant at 10473 Fairfax Boulevard at approximately 6:30 a.m. claiming to be a police officer. Then, the man took out a handgun and ordered the manager into the office to get money from the safe. The manager handed the man the money and the man fled out the back door.

No one was injured in the incident.