A suspect has been apprehended and charged with robbery of two Washington banks.

Michael Ojay Branch, of Williamston, was arrested Friday afternoon, after Washington Police Department dispatched a call to surrounding counties’ law enforcement to be on the lookout for a truck seen leaving the area of State Employees Credit Union on West 15th Street in Washington. A robbery — the second in Washington in as many weeks — was reported at the bank at 2:42 p.m. Friday.

“He was last seen leaving the area in a white Ford truck with a sticker on the front window saying, ‘Fear This,'” Washington Police Department Capt. William Chrismon said.

Twenty minutes later, a Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputy saw the truck outside Williamston, turned around and followed, attempting to stop Branch’s vehicle.

“The suspect refused to stop and a pursuit ensued,” according to a press release from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. “The pursuit began on U.S. Highway 17 near Macedonia Christian Church and continued down Highway 17 into Williamston.  The chase ultimately ended at the intersection of Main Street and South Watts Street when the suspect collided with a civilian vehicle.”

According to Chrismon, Branch is also suspected of robbing First Bank on West 15th Street on April 6. In both incidents, the suspect walked into the bank, handed a letter demanding money to the teller and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured in either robbery, and it remains unclear whether he was armed during either robbery, Chrismon said.

Investigators are working with Martin County Sheriff’s Office, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Williamston Police Department, North Carolina State Highway Patrol and the FBI, according to a press release from the Washington Police Department.

“We are working with the SBI as he is a potential suspect in other cases,” Chrismon said. “A whole lot of charges are coming. We’ve just got to make sure all of our i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed.”