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Update on the Long Branch Bank of America armed robbery
July 13, 2013
Long Branch — Police have apprehended a suspect in an armed bank robbery that took place Friday.
Early this afternoon, The Bank of America, uptown Broadway, was robbed, and police chased the suspect’s vehicle to the residential streets behind that section. The suspect parked the car and fled on foot. The suspect was a Caucasian male with graying blond hair.
The Bank of America on Broadway is closed for business until Monday. For most of the day there were FBI vehicles around the bank and agents were inside looking for clues and asking questions.
Police search Dudley Street for a suspect in an armed robbery.
On Friday afternoon customers trying to get in the bank had no idea why it was closed for the rest of the day.
The man fled the bank in a vehicle with an undisclosed amount of cash and turned right off of Broadway to an area where he was believed to reside. Cop cars were all over and police were searching backyards on those streets.
According to police, the suspect was armed. One police officer advised Link photographers to avoid the area. “Are you trying to get shot or something?” he asked.
After searching backyards on Washington St., Dudly, Dewey, Hamelton and other roads in the area, police apprehended the suspect. Police are questioning a second male on a bicycle to ascertain if he was involved or not.
The Link will have more information on the robbery in its Thursday print edition.
Posted July 12. 2013
