Seymour Bank Robbed

Photo:Ethan FryThe First Niagara Bank on First Street in Seymour was robbed just before 4 p.m. Friday.

(Updated story here)

The robbery was first reported about 3:54 p.m.

Police Chief Michael Metzler confirmed the robbery report at the scene about 4:30 p.m. but said no further information was available.

According to emergency radio transmissions, the robbery suspect was described as a white man around 5 feet tall with a mustache who was wearing glasses, a baseball hat, jeans and sneakers at the time of the heist.

The man passed a note to a teller but did not display a weapon during the robbery, according to emergency radio transmissions.

On Monday (March 17) police released the following photos of the robbery suspect from the bank’s surveillance system:

This is Seymour’s first bank robbery since April 9, 2013, when the Webster Bank at 15 New Haven Ave. was robbed at about 3:30 p.m.

That same Webster Bank was robbed in February 2013.

The Webster Bank is less than half a mile away from the bank robbed today.

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