Crime & Safety

Man Armed With Gun Robbed Clearwater Bank: Police

Investigators are looking for the suspect in an armed robbery at a Clearwater bank, police said.

Investigators are looking for the suspect in an armed robbery at a Clearwater bank, police said.
Investigators are looking for the suspect in an armed robbery at a Clearwater bank, police said. (Courtesy of Clearwater Police Department)

CLEARWATER, FL — Detectives are searching for the suspect in a Wednesday morning armed robbery of a Clearwater bank, authorities said.

The suspect, armed with a gun, demanded money at the Regions Bank, 715 S. Fort Harrison Ave., at 11:19 a.m., and then rank from the scene, Clearwater police said in a news release.

No injuries were reported.

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The suspect is a white man who was wearing blue jeans, a black t-shirt with a design on the front, a long-sleeve gray shirt, a baseball hat and a COVID-19-style mask.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 727-562-4242.

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