Santa Cruz Co. Deputies Hunting Man Who Robbed Felton Bank

Deputies are looking for a man who robbed a bank in Felton on Monday afternoon, a Santa Cruz County sheriff’s spokesman said.

Deputies were called to a reported armed robbery in progress at Liberty Bank, located at 6230 state Highway 9 around 1:30 p.m., sheriff’s Lt. Kelly Kent said. The suspect, armed with a black semi-automatic handgun, entered the bank and forced two customers and four employees into a vault, Kent said.

He took an undisclosed amount of money and fled on foot behind the bank toward Felton Covered Bridge Park, according to Kent.

No injuries were reported. The suspect is described as a white man in his mid to late 20s, standing about 6 feet 3 inches tall with a thin build, bad teeth and a ponytail, Kent said. He wore a white long-sleeved button-down shirt, dark pants, white baseball hat and white-rimmed sunglasses at the time of the robbery, Kent said.

Anyone with information about the robbery or suspect is asked to call the sheriff’s office at (831) 471-1121.

--Bay City News