Police search for ‘armed and dangerous’ bank robbery suspect

January 20, 2016 2:11 pm

By News Staff

news@abc6.com

Cranston Police are searching for an individual who robbed a Bank Rhode Island branch on Park Avenue Wednesday afternoon.

Police say the suspect entered the bank at around 12:40 p.m. and passed a note to a bank teller indicating she would be shot if she did not empty the cash register. The suspect then fled on foot, taking approximately $1,000 cash.

The suspect is described as a white male, about 5’7 to 6’0, wearing a black hooded jacket, a white scarf that was partially covering his face, jeans, white sneakers with black laces, a grey and red knit hat and gloves.

Police say the suspect is considered armed and dangerous.

They ask anyone with information to contact please contact the Cranston Police Detective Division at (401) 942-2211.