Credit: FBI
UPDATED: Thursday, 7:04 p.m.:
Police released more information Thursday evening on the bank robbery that happened early in the afternoon in the Morrisville section of Falls township.
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The suspect entered the PNC Bank at 12:35 p.m. with a blue reusable tote bag and demanded the teller fill it with cash, police said.
The suspect left the store with an “undetermined amount of money,” police said. The alleged robber then walk along the side of the bank, behind a nearby 7-Eleven and strip mall before getting away, according to a press release.
The suspect is described by Falls police as a middle-aged white male, about six feet tall, medium build, with collar length light brown/blonde hair and a small tattoo on the middle finger of his right hand.
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Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Stephen Reeves at (215) 302-3305 or email him at reevespd@fallstwp.com.
Original Post:
All three schools in Morrisville Borough were put in lockdown Thursday afternoon following a bank robbery nearby on West Trenton Road in Falls Township.
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Police sources tell LevittownNow.com the PNC bank in the 300 block of West Trenton Road was robbed shortly before 1 p.m. The suspect walked in the bank and demanded money.
Surveillance photographs obtained by the FBI show a white male wearing a scarf or some sort of clothing at the teller counter. The suspect appeared to carry a blue reusable grocery bag and was wearing a grey shirt, blue jeans and tan work boots.
Morrisville School District Superintendent Bill Ferrara said the three schools were locked down at the request of police around 1 p.m. He said the lockdown was lifted about 1:40 p.m. and normalcy resumed to the district.
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LevittownNow.com readers reported police activity in the area of the bank following the robbery.
The bank was robbed twice last spring.
More information is expected later
