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Alexander County bank robbed this morning

The suspect was wearing a homemade mask and was described as a white male, 6 feet tall and weighing 200 pounds.

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Published: January 27, 2009

BETHLEHEM
The First Citizens Bank on N.C. 127 north was robbed this morning.

At 10:45 a.m. a man entered the bank, flashed a silver handgun and demanded money, according to police. Authorities did not disclose the amount of money taken in the robbery.

The suspect was wearing a homemade mask, police said. Witnesses described him as a white male, 6 feet tall and weighing 200 pounds.

The suspect left the bank traveling eastbound on Rink Dam Road. He was driving a late model silver mini-van, police said.

FBI investigators are at the bank collecting evidence. There were customers in the bank at the time of the robbery. No one was injured.

To read more about this story, see tomorrow's Hickory Daily Record.

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