He was last scene fleeing the bank on foot, but Foye said there are indications he may have gotten into a car a few blocks away.
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LUDLOW - Police are searching for an unknown suspect who robbed the Chicopee Savings Bank branch, 477 Center St., of an unknown sum Friday afternoon, police said.
The robber handed the teller a note that implying he had a weapon, but no weapon was show, said Sgt. Thomas Foye of the Ludlow Police.
He was described as, about 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and wearing a red hat and a white T-shirt with printing on the front. He also appeared to have a bandage on his neck, but Foye said investigators believe it was to conceal a tattoo or some distinctive mark on his neck.
He was last scene fleeing the bank on foot, but Foye said there are indications he may have gotten into a car a few blocks away, and that car drove to the entrance of the Massachusetts Turnpike, which is on Center Street near the bank branch.
Foye said police have issued a lookout to surrounding communities and the Massachusetts State Police for a silver or gray Nissan Maxima that may have been involved in the robbery.
K-9 officer Michael Whitney and his dog followed the robber's scent to Harding Avenue, a few hundred yards away from the bank, where it lost the track, Foye said. A review of surveillance footage from local businesses in the vicinity showed the Nissan Maxima driving on Harding Street at the same time the robber was likely in the vicinity, and police believe he got in the car and left the area. Video footage indicated the car went directly to the turnpike, he said.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the Ludlow Police at (413) 583-8305.
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