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Edwardsville Bank Robbery

Edwardsville Bank Robbery - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 10:17PM EST

Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 @ 10:17pm EST
EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY- Police are searching for an armed robber who held up an Edwardsville bank.

A man with a gun robbed First Liberty Bank and Trust in the West Side Mall along Wyoming Avenue. Police say he raised his shirt to show a clerk he had a semi-automatic gun and said give me all the money. He fled with the cash out a side door.

This bank robbery is the third this month in the Kingston area. Police are trying to determine if this one's connected to 2 robberies at the Honesdale National Bank at Wyoming and Bennett.