Update: More information released as police seek bank robber

By Kris Smith
The Daily Herald News Editor
Published/Last Modified on Monday, November 16, 2009 8:59 AM EST

ROANOKE RAPIDS — More information has been released in the description of the man who held up a Valley bank Thursday afternoon.

Contributed photo | The Daily Herald This is a still photo from surveillance video of the armed bank robbery at the New Republic Bank in Roanoke Rapids Thursday. Roanoke Rapids Police Capt. Andy Jackson said the suspect was last seen going in the direction of Quail Court Apartments.


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A witness told police the suspect was wearing black classic Reebok shoes and spoke with a “Northern accent.” Roanoke Rapids Police Capt. Andy Jackson described the suspect as a black male about 6 foot, 2 inches tall, approximately 155 pounds, wearing dark pants, dark coat and a light colored hooded shirt.

Jackson said the New Republic Bank, located at Becker Drive and Old Farm Road, was held up at gunpoint Thursday shortly after 3 p.m., when the suspect walked into the bank with a semi-automatic handgun and demanded money.

The robber walked out of the bank with several thousand dollars, fled on foot and was last seen near Quail Court Apartments.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation was called in on the case as part of the protocol local police are required to follow when a weapon is involved in a bank robbery.

If you have any information which can help police in this investigation, you are urged to call the Roanoke Rapids Police Department at 252-533-2810 or Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444.

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