Police Search For Robber
Man Hands Fayetteville Teller Note, Demands Money
Friday, July 30, 2010
FILE — Sgt. Shannon Gabbard, left, and John Brooks, crime scene investigator, work on July 29, 2010 to collect fingerprints from the front door of First Federal Bank at 3460 N. College Ave. after it was robbed in Fayetteville. Police have linked the robber to nearly a dozen other bank robberies in Louisana, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Photo by Andy Shupe
A bank robber struck at First Federal Bank at the corner of College Avenue and Millsap Road just before noon Thursday.
A white man in his 40s or 50s, with a “buzz” haircut, walked into the lobby of the bank, presented a note and demanded money, said Sgt. Shannon Gabbard of the Fayetteville Police Department. The man was wearing dark khaki-colored shorts, a blue T-shirt, tennis shoes and a green or camouflage baseball cap, according to police.
The man showed the note to the teller, but took it with him when he left, said police Cpl. Rick Crisman. The note demanded large bills, which video footage shows the robber stuffing into a small plastic sack.
The man fled the bank ...
Fayetteville police are searching for this man who robbed the First Federal Bank just before noon Thursday. + Enlarge
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