Money Flies As Robber Flees Bank
Police Say Same Man May Have Robbed 2 Other Banks
POSTED: Tuesday, June 2, 2009
UPDATED: 3:19 pm EDT June 2,
2009
  Robbery detectives leave the Compass Bank branch that was held up Tuesday morning. |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police are looking for a man who robbed the Compass Bank at the corner of Beach Boulevard and San Pablo Road Tuesday morning.Witnesses said they saw money flying out of a red Nissan pickup truck as it sped away from the bank."The dye-pack went off. He dropped the money," Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Lt. George Grant said. "We don't believe he got anything from this bank today."Police said the robber may also be responsible a robbery in Neptune Beach earlier Tuesday morning and another bank on Friday.The man they are looking for was described as a white man in his 50s wearing a baby blue shirt.Anyone with any information about the robbery or the robber is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.
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