Police seek suspect in robbery of local bank

by Scott Fredericks

An unknown man, claiming he had a gun, robbed a bank on the 11100 block of South Western Avenue on Jan. 29 at 5 p.m., police said.

The offender, described as a black man, 32 to 35 years old, 5’9”, 160 pounds, wearing a black skull cap, yellow vest and tan construction jumpsuit, approached a bank teller’s booth after a customer had just walked away, police said.

The offender gave a note to the teller indicating that he had a gun and wanted the proceeds from the drawer. He never displayed a weapon, police said.

He told the teller to take the security dye pack out of the bag before he fled north on Western, police said.

The amount stolen was undetermined.

This is part of the February 3, 2010 online edition of The Beverly Review.

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