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BRIEF: Belle Isle bank robbed at gunpoint
[February 05, 2013]

BRIEF: Belle Isle bank robbed at gunpoint


Feb 05, 2013 (Orlando Sentinel - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing a Belle Isle bank Monday morning using a handgun hidden inside a towel, officials said.

The suspected robber revealed the handgun from beneath the towel and handed the teller a note about 10:35 a.m., said Sgt. William Parsell of the Belle Isle Police Department.

The man fled in a westerly direction with the money the teller gave him, he said.

Forensics expert from the Orange County Sheriff's Office recovered the note.


Anyone with information about the suspect can contact Sgt. Parsell at 407-851-7730 or 407-497-1919. He can also be reached by email at [email protected].


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