[July 15, 2011] BRIEF: Police seek man who robs Avon Park bank Tweet Jul 15, 2011 (Highlands Today - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Updated: 31 min. ago AVON PARK -- A man robbed the Bank of America at 851 U.S. 27 in Avon Park Friday morning, police said. Police responded to the bank at 10:05 a.m. after the suspect walked into the bank, went to a teller and "inferred that he had a weapon in his possession and demanded" money, according to a press release by police Commander Jason Lister, the city's acting police chief. The robber ran out the bank after the teller "complied with his demands," Lister wrote. The robber was described as a thin-to-medium-build white man who is 35 to 40 years old and 5-feet-8-inches tall. The man wore a camouflage baseball cap, a white T-shirt and blue denim jeans, witnesses reported. No one was hurt during the robbery, Lister added. Anyone with information about the robbery should contact Det. Nathan Coogan at 453-6622 or Heartland Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-8477. Informants can remain anonymous and might be eligible for a cash reward. Reach Highlands Today reporter Robert Boyer at 386-5838 or [email protected] To see more of Highlands Today or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.highlandstoday.com. Copyright (c) 2011, Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]