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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Police Standoff: Bank Robbery Suspect Photo Released

Police release photo of suspect in a bank robbery that ended with a local SWAT team and police officers surrounding a home.

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Sunday, November 11, 2012

A bank robber is still at large after a Thursday night robbery, and police are asking for your help.  The robbery took place around 8:45pm at the TD Bank in Quakertown. Police say that a man, described as a white male with a fake blond beard wearing a skullcap and a shirt with a Panthers logo, held up the bank with a handgun. He fled north in a dark-colored Cadillac.  Police caught site of a car matching the description heading north through Coopersburg, where it parked at 4163 Fairmount Ave. in Upper Saucon Township.  "The officer who saw the vehicle saw him exit the car at which point he called for the man to stop," said Quakertown Det. Lt. Donald Bender. Police say the man ignored the order and headed for a side entrance to the property…

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Coopersburg Home Surrounded, Alleged Bank Robber Inside

Friday, November 9, 2012

Coopersburg Home Surrounded, Alleged Bank Robber Inside

According to a breaking news alert from police, officers from Bucks and Lehigh counties converged on a Coopersburg home in a residential neighborhood after bank robbery suspect flees inside.

UPDATE 11:30pm Thursday An article in the Morning Call states that the SWAT team pulled out of the Coopersburg area after a robot released into a home at 4163 Farimount Ave. in Coopersburg turned up nothing. Police continue to search the area for the suspect.  UPDATE 11pm According to multiple sources, the SWAT team called out to Coopersburg to aid in a standoff between police and a bank robbery suspect has pulled back. Police continue to patrol the area. Upper saucon Patch is working to bring you more on this story.  UPDATE 10pm WFMZ is reporting that a SWAT team has arrived on the scene. The male suspect allegedly robbed the TD Bank in Quakertown around 8:30 this evening with a handgun.  Early scanner reports said the suspect was a white…

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