Crime & Courts

Lexington police looking to ID suspect accused of armed robbery at BB&T


Lexington police are looking for a suspect accused of presenting a gun and demanding money from a person making a night deposit at a local bank on June 7, 2015.
Lexington police are looking for a suspect accused of presenting a gun and demanding money from a person making a night deposit at a local bank on June 7, 2015. Lexington Police Department

Lexington police are looking for a suspect accused of presenting a gun and demanding money from a person making a night deposit at a local bank.

Taco Bell employees were making a deposit at the night deposit drop box at BB&T at 309 Columbia Avenue around 1 a.m. Sunday morning when a man approached them on foot, Lt. Carroll W. Bledsoe Jr., a department spokesman, said.

The suspect presented a firearm, demanded the bank bags that were to be deposited and fled on foot, Bledsoe said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.

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