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Pasco Deputies Searching For Port Richey Bank Robber

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Pasco deputies are searching for this man who they say robbed the Colonial Bank on U.S. 19 in Port Richey.

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Published: August 15, 2008

Updated: 08/15/2008 10:44 am

Pasco deputies are searching for a Port Richey bank robber who told the teller he was armed with explosives.

A man came into the Colonial Bank, 9431 U.S. 19, with a briefcase about 9:10 a.m., according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

The man told the teller he had an explosive device in the briefcase.

He was last seen heading north on foot toward the Rooms to Go store with the cash.

Deputies are searching the area with patrols, a helicopter and canine units.

Authorities say the man is white, in his mid- to late 60s, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and with bushy white hair and crooked teeth. He was wearing a well-worn light blue baseball cap that had a white insignia above the bill and a blue blazer.

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