Jeff Bank in Eldred robbed

Posted 9/30/09

Update from New York State Police: A subject entered the Jeff Bank wearing a light colored hooded sweatshirt, backwards, with holes for the eyes. The subject confronted a teller displaying a firearm …

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Jeff Bank in Eldred robbed

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Update from New York State Police: A subject entered the Jeff Bank wearing a light colored hooded sweatshirt, backwards, with holes for the eyes. The subject confronted a teller displaying a firearm and demanded money.

An undisclosed amount of cash was taken and placed into a blue bag that the subject was carrying. The subject then fled on foot from the bank towards Proctor Road. Witnesses who observed this person exit the bank were able to describe the subject as a white male who ran into the woods from Proctor Road.

Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to contact the New York State Police in Liberty at (845) 292-6600.

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A reader called to report that the Eldred branch of Jeff Bank was robbed on September 24. The call to the police came in at 11:35 a.m., and police are looking for a tall white man with heavy facial hair, wearing tan and off-white clothing.

There was a report that the man may have been carrying a silver handgun. The suspect reportedly initially fled on foot, but later got into a vehicle, which sped off in the direction of Narrowsburg.

The nearby Eldred Central School was locked down as a precaution, and the lock-down was lifted as police officials made sure the students got on the buses in the afternoon.

There was a social media report that a white male with a beard bearing a silver handgun was seen in the area at the time.

The last time that bank was robbed was February 17, 2012. In that case the suspect, John Armbruster, 52, of Monticello, was ultimately captured and sentenced to up to five years in state prison.

District Attorney Jim Farrell said that on the morning of the robbery, Armbruster entered the bank branch and handed the teller a note stating he had a gun and wanted money. The teller gave him $2,945 and he then fled the bank.

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