article_snippet: As Police searched for he, Fairfax Police called Assaye 'armed and dangerous'.
article_snippet: Assaye had been arrested on March 20 charged with a robbery at Apple Federal Credit Union in Alexandria.
article_snippet: But in a court document, an FBI agent suggests Assaye is responsible for a string of 12 bank robberies in northern Virginia over the last year and a half.
article_snippet: Following the robber March 20 arrest, Assaye was booked into the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center in Alexandria and remained there until the robber tried to take the robber life on Friday.
article_snippet: Alexandria deputy sheriffs maintained custody of Assaye for the first 24 hours before turning the robber over to security officers contracted by the U.S. Marshals, Alexandria Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Amy Bertsch said.
article_snippet: Assaye, 42, has a long rap sheet and is now accused of robbing 12 banks of $32,000 .
article_snippet: Assaye has an 'extensive criminal record' and 'history of violence,' indicating a 'serious risk to the community', according to a 2012 Virginia Parole Board document seen byNBCNBC.