Police Issue Photograph Of Bicyclist Bank Robber Stroud Township

June 07, 1996|The Morning Call

Stroud Township police yesterday released a picture of the man suspected of taking an undisclosed amount of cash from the Mellon Bank near Stroud Mall and then making a getaway on a bicycle.

The photo, taken from bank surveillance cameras, shows a man approaching the bank counter wearing a baseball cap and carrying what appears to be a backpack or similar item.

Township police Lt. Vernon Bortz said police recovered a bicycle a few hundred yards from the bank, but aren't sure if it is the bike used after the heist.

Police said the bandit was 35 to 45, about 5-foot-6 with a thin build and "salt-and-pepper" hair and mustache. He was wearing blue jeans, a dark baseball cap with a light-colored logo and a dark-gray half-length winter coat. He handed the teller a note when he entered the bank and revealed the handle of a handgun.

Anyone with information can call township police at (717) 421-0551, the Scranton office of the FBI at (717) 344-2404 or state police at Swiftwater, (717) 839-7701.

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