Police Investigate Bank Robbery in Vernon

Police are searching for the man who robbed a First Niagara Bank in Vernon this morning and prompted a lockdown at the Indian Valley Family YMCA Child Care Center.

Police said a man went into the bank at 348 Hartford Turnpike, demanded cash from the cashier and ran off with the money, heading north on Route 30 and toward the vacant former Bennigan's Restaurant property.

The robber was around 5-feet-10 and was wearing a baseball hat with a tan brim, a dark hooded sweatshirt, a dark blue waist-length Carhartt jacket, sunglasses with yellow lenses and blue jeans, police said.

Police from Vernon and Manchester searched for the man, but could not find him.

Anyone with information about the robber should call Vernon police at 860-872-9126.

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