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Coughing Bank Robber Gets Away With Cash

Photo courtesy of Largo Police

Police released this surveillance photo from a bank robbery in Largo.

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By CHRIS ECHEGARAY

Published: December 6, 2007

LARGO - Police are looking for a man in connection with the robbery of Fifth Third Bank, 705 8th Ave. SW., this afternoon.

The man entered the bank at 3 p.m. and passed a note to the teller claiming he had a gun, police said. Throughout the robbery, the man was coughing profusely and may be suffering from some type of illness, police said.

The suspect was covering his face with a green bandanna that he was holding in his left hand. The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect was wearing a black baseball cap, black leather jacket, dark pants and white running shoes. The suspect had a thin build and stands between 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall.

It's believed that the suspect also is the man who robbed the Whitney Bank at 14040 Walsingham Road on Nov. 30.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Keith Barton of the Largo Police Department, Investigative Services Division at 587-6728 or 587-6730 after hours.

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