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N. Fayette bank held up Monday

Robber made getaway, wore eyeglasses and ball cap

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com

A branch of Talbot State Bank on the northern edge of Fayette County was robbed Monday afternoon, police said.

No one was hurt, but the suspect was able to get away before sheriff’s deputies arrived, officials said. Crime scene technicians processed the area as the bank remained closed in the hopes of finding physical evidence to identify the suspect, police said.

A host of marked and unmarked sheriff’s units swarmed the bank after a 911 dispatcher’s radio alert around 3 p.m. The suspect was described as a dark-skinned black male, about 5 feet 3 inches tall, wearing a ballcap, eyeglasses and a grey T-shirt and grey pants.

It was unclear at press time how much money the suspect got away with, nor was it known whether he produced a weapon or perhaps indicated that he had one.

Initial reports dispatched on police radio indicated that the suspect handed a note to a teller at the bank which said, “Don’t look up,” perhaps in an attempt to keep himself from being identified.