Update: Bank Robber Described as 6'1" White Man

11:30 p.m. – Narragansett police have released a statement about the robbery earlier today at Washington Trust Bank in Bonnet Shores.

According to police, at about 12:15 p.m. one man robbed the bank by sliding the teller a note demanding money. The robber was described as a white male, 6’1”, wearing a bright yellow hat with ‘Block Island’ on the front, a yellow raincoat and a grey sweatshirt. He was described as having dark hair, with about a day’s worth of facial hair stubble.

If you have any information, please call the Narragansett Police Detective Division at (401) 789-1091. As of about 10:15 p.m., an arrest had not been made. According to a police dispatcher, a photo had yet to be released, and one has not been posted on the Rhode Island Most Wanted site either.

1:50 p.m. – Police are investigating a bank robbery at Washington Trust in Bonnet Shores that occurred shortly after noon today.

According to Narragansett Police Captain William McGovern, shortly after noon a man came into the bank and showed the teller a note demanding money. McGovern said no weapon was shown, and the man left with an undetermined amount of money.

McGovern said no one was harmed, and there was one other customer in the bank at the time of the robbery. Police currently do not have any suspects. Investigators and police from Narragansett, South Kingstown and North Kingstown swarmed the area to search for the robber, McGovern said.

Shortly after 1 p.m., Twitter users and other residents in the North End talked of a police investigation involving a robbery at Washington Trust.

According to these people, police were interviewing people at the surrounding stores and from inside the bank at the time. According to employees at a nearby store, they didn’t learn of the incident until after it happened from the police response.

The Washington Trust branch is closed for the rest of the day.

Narragansett Patch will update as more details become available. Thanks to Stephen Lambert for the initial information via Twitter.