Johnson police are searching for two men they say are linked to an armed robbery at First National Bank on Monday afternoon, said Detective Bob Selph.
The bank robbery is the city's first, Selph said. The FBI also is investigating.
Police said two black men in their 20s wore masks and gloves when they walked into the bank at 4000 Johnson Mill Blvd. just before 5 p.m., according to a news release from the FBI. One man had a gun, Selph said.
An undisclosed amount of money was taken, Selph said.
Police waited to release information about the robbery so they could gather as much information as possible without alerting the suspects, Selph said. The men may be locals.
One of the men is about 5-foot-10-inches tall with a stocky build, Selph said. The other man is taller and thinner.
The two men are described as suspects by Johnson police. The FBI lists both men as "person of interest" in the news release. A spokeswoman for the FBI did not return a phone message and an email Thursday.
The FBI has photos of the two men from video surveillance from local stores.
One photo shows a stocky man at a convenience store in the general area of the bank at 4:47 p.m. Monday. Another photo is time stamped 9:37 a.m. Tuesday and shows a tall man leaving what appears to be a store. The man was driving a Cadillac DeVille with an Arkansas license plate, according to the FBI release.
The taller man was seen at various stores in Johnson the day after the robbery, according to the release.
Johnson police also want to question a woman who left the bank an hour before the robbery, Selph said.
Police are looking for a lighter-skinned black woman who employees said acted strangely before the bank was robbed, Selph said. Employees said the woman wanted to open a checking account, then told employees she left her ID in the car, walked away and didn't return. The woman left in the direction that the robbers came from.
Selph said the woman is not a suspect but police want to talk to her.
NW News on 12/02/2016