Robber hits Harrison
Township bank

HARRISON TOWNSHIP (WDTN) - Police are searching for the man who robbed a Harrison Township bank Thursday morning. It happened at the Chase bank at Needmore Road and Dixie Dixie Drive.

Investigators say he handed the clerk a note and took off with a bag of cash.

Several customers were inside the bank at the time, but no one was injured.

Deputies quickly combed the area hoping to find the suspect.

"We had a canine come out and track but he lost the track in a parking lot so he may have gotten into a vehicle," said Major Greg Laravie of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

Bank customer Donna Purvis said she's not shocked by the crime in this economy.

"It's already all over the news people don't have the money to spend for the holidays," she said. "They're going to the extremes now I guess."

But for Major Laravie, the economy is no excuse. "This has nothing to do with the economy. This is a criminal who's robbing a bank."

Anyone with information on this bank robbery or the robber's whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 222-STOP.