Crime & Safety

Photos Released of Lutz Bank Robbery Suspect

The incident happened Tuesday morning.

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man it says robbed a SunTrust bank branch on State Road 54 early Tuesday morning.

According to the agency, a man walked into the 21744 State Road 54 bank around 9:30 a.m. and indicated he had a weapon. The man then handed the teller a note.

After receiving an undisclosed amount of money, the man fled south on U.S. 41, the agency wrote in an email to media.

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Deputies say the man was in a vehicle with New Jersey tags. A description of the vehicle is not yet available, but deputies release surveillance shots Tuesday afternoon. 

Anyone with information in the crime is asked to call 911 or the sheriff’s office’s TIPs line at 1-800-706-2488. Tips may also be submitted online at https://www.tipsubmit.com/WebTips.aspx?AgencyID=615.

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Photos courtesy of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office

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