Clinton police issue description of bank robbery suspect

Posted on July 2, 2016
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Clinton Police are investigating a robbery at DeWitt Savings Bank on Friday. (Photo by Matty Ring/flickr)

By Eric Stock

CLINTON – Police in Clinton have released a description of a suspect who reportedly robbed a bank on Friday.

Clinton Police say a tall, slender black man around age 30 wearing dark jeans, a dark long-sleeved shirt, sunglasses and a multicolored or camouflage bucket hat with a Chicago Bulls logo robbed DeWitt Savings Bank at about 3-50 yesterday afternoon. He reportedly presented a handwritten note and demanded money. Police say he got away with an undetermined amount of cash and fled to a nearby car and drove through several neighborhoods at a high rate of speed.

Police say the suspect vehicle is an older model white passenger car and had a partial licence plate of “V10.”

Police say no weapons were displayed and no one was injured.

Police say anyone who has information should call the Clinton Police Department at (217) 935-9441 or Clinton Area Crime Stoppers at (217) 935-3333.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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