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December 26, 2006

Warwick PD ask for help finding 2 bank robbers

WARWICK -- The police are asking the public to help locate two men who robbed a crowded Bank of America branch here Saturday morning.

The masked men stormed into the bank at 50 West Shore Rd. just after it opened at 9 a.m. At least 10 customers were inside, as well as several tellers and other employees.

Two surveillance cameras captured the robbery. One shows a masked man enter the bank, remove an article of clothing that had concealed a shotgun, and aim his weapon at customers.

Another camera captured the second thief, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, and his body obscured by rubber gloves and a tan trench coat.

No one was injured during the robbery, according to a police statement. The robbers are believed to be in their 20s or 30s.

The police say the robbers arrived at the bank in a blue Buick stolen earlier that day from the Super Stop & Shop parking lot on Warwick Avenue. Following the bank robbery, the police say, the thieves abandoned the Buick in the parking lot of a nearby Ocean State Job Lot, leaving its engine and windshield wipers running.

Police detectives, who have interviewed bank staff and customers, are searching for witnesses who may have seen the suspects leave the Buick and possibly flee in another vehicle. Detectives can be reached at (401) 468-4233.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 4:48 PM | Permalink

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