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Trio Force Employees To Open Tampa Bank Vault

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Published: December 17, 2008

Tampa police are looking for three men accused of forcing Wachovia bank employees at gunpoint to open a safe.

The attempted robbery occurred at 7:52 a.m. Tuesday at 214 S. Hyde Park Ave. Police say one of the men entered the bank and pointed a gun at two employees. The other men entered after the employees and premises were secured, detectives say.

The employees then were forced to open a safe. When the safe opened, the alarm sounded and the men quickly left, police say.

No one was hurt.

The men were in a burgundy four-door vehicle.

Police gave these descriptions:

A black man about 30 years old and 6 feet 3 inches tall and of large build. Clean-shaven with short hair. Wearing a dark baseball cap, sunglasses, white long-sleeve dress shirt, dark pants and white sneakers. He had a black pistol.

A black man about 23 years old and 5 feet 7 inches tall and of large to medium build. Clean-shaven with short hair. Wearing a dark baseball cap, sunglasses, dark sweatshirt, bluejeans and dark sneakers.

A black man about 18 years old and 5 feet 7 inches tall and of small to medium build. Short hair and a scruffy goatee and facial hair. Wearing a dark ski cap, burgundy dress shirt, dark pants and tan boots. He had a dark backpack.

Anyone with information can call the Tampa Police Department at (813) 231- 6130 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-8477.

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