UPDATE: Rocky Hill Bank Robbery Suspect Photos Released

Photos courtesy of Rocky Hill Police.

By Rich Scinto and Barbara Heins (Patch Staff)

Update: 2:10 p.m.

Rocky Hill Police have released photos of the man suspected of robbing the Cromwell Avenue Webster Bank branch Wednesday morning.

The suspect fled the scene with an undetermined amount of money in the robbery that occurred at 10:32 a.m., police said. The suspect was observed at around 10 a.m.. prior to the robbery in the area of both Webster Bank and Berkshire Bank.

Upon entering Webster Bank the suspect passed a bank savings slip with written instructions demanding money, police said.

At no time was a weapon shown or implied. After receiving money the suspect fled the bank on foot. Officers set up a perimeter and conducted a K9 track. Efforts to locate the suspect were unsuccessful.

As a precaution, West Hill Elementary School and day care facility were locked down and staffed with police personnel, police said.

Anyone with information about the bank robbery should call Criminal Investigations Commander Lt. Robert Catania at 860-258-7640 or e-mail rcatania@rockyhillct.gov.

Update: 12:49 p.m.

Rocky Hill Police are looking for the man they say robbed the Webster Bank on Cromwell Avenue Wednesday morning, prompting the modified lockdown of the nearby West Hill Elementary School and a day care center.

Police said they responded to the 377 Cromwell Ave. bank, at 10:32 a.m. after someone activated a panic alarm after the man handed a teller a note that demanded money.

The man is described as being between five-foot-10 to six feet tall, weighing 230 to 250 pounds, with dark brown hair, brown eyes, scruffy facial hair and slight goatee, according to NBC Connecticut. He was wearing dark blue jeans and a long-sleeved black jacket with a gray lining.

Anyone with information about the bank robbery should call Criminal Investigations Commander Lt. Robert Catania at 860-258-7640 or e-mail rcatania@rockyhillct.gov

Original story: 11:35 a.m.

A bank robbery near West Hill Elementary School sent the school into a soft lockdown Wednesday.

Police are still gathering information, according to NBC Connecticut.

Read the full NBC story here.