Bank Robbed in Perry Hall, Suspect at Large: Police

A bank was robbed in Perry Hall Wednesday afternoon, putting the community on alert.

The robbery at Susquehanna Bank in the 4200 block of Ebenezer Road was reported at 3:01 p.m., according to Julia Hargrove of the Baltimore County Police and Fire Departments.

“The person had a note and no weapons,” Hargrove told Perry Hall Patch.

She said that a school in the area may have been alerted.

Baltimore County Public Schools spokesman Michael Dickerson said that Perry Hall Elementary School was not notified of the bank robbery but went into “alert status” approximately 15 minutes before dismissal due to a person with a K-9 on the property.

During alert status, school buildings are locked from the inside, according to police. It is not the same as a lockdown, because during an “alert,” indoor school activities proceed as usual, police report.

Once it was determined that the person with the K-9 was a police officer, school dismissed on time, according to Dickerson.

The suspect in the bank robbery was still at large Wednesday afternoon, according to police, who were continuing to search for the individual.