Fairfield Bank Robbed Wednesday: Police

FAIRFIELD, CT — A bank was robbed Wednesday afternoon in Fairfield, according to police.

The robbery occurred just before 2 p.m., when law enforcement received a call from People’s United Bank, located in Stop & Shop at 1160 Kings Highway Cutoff, police said in a news release.

When officers arrived, the suspect had fled, according to police. Bank workers told officers that a man walked up to the teller window and gave employees a note instructing them to cooperate because a robbery was underway, police said. The man did not show a weapon, according to police. Employees complied with the man’s demand and he fled Stop & Shop with an unknown amount of cash, police said.

Bank workers described the suspect as a man who was white or Asian; about 5 feet, 7 inches tall; and wearing a blue mask and a red hat, according to police. The man was driving a small blue compact car and left going westbound on Route 1, police said.

No one was injured, according to police.

Anyone with information about the robbery or the suspect is asked to call detectives at 203-254-4840 or text a tip to 274637.