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Release Number: 09-064

For Immediate Release

Public Information Office

March 6, 2009

Debbie Carter: dcarter@hcso.tampa.fl.us

(813) 247-8060

 

 

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Suspect:  white male, 30 – 40 years of age, 5’6” – 5’7”, 170 – 180 lbs., wearing a white shirt, dark pants and baseball cap.

 

No vehicle seen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
What:

Bank robbery
When:

March 6, 2009 at 12:57 p.m.
Where:

Regions Bank

11804 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. Tampa
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The suspect entered the bank and approached the teller.  He implied that he had a gun and made a demand for cash.  After receiving an undisclosed amount of currency, he fled the bank on foot.  While running through the parking lot, the dye pack exploded.  Detectives recovered money in the parking lot.

 

Anyone with any information reference the bank robbery is asked to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 247-8200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-8477.