CAMBRIDGE — There was an unarmed robbery at a bank in the 500 block of Mass Ave., Thursday, the Cambridge Police said.
About 3:40 p.m. someone came into the bank, passed a note but did not show any weapon. The bank employees gave him a dye pack instead of cash, according to police. They described the person who robbed them as a man between the ages of 16 and 20, with light skin and wearing all black with a hood, sunglasses and a bandage on his face.
Police said the bank has very good security videos so they expect to analyze that footage and come back with some ideas of suspects.
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This is the first bank robbery Cambridge has had in a while, police said.
Between January and the end of June there were 12 commercial robberies, including two bank robberies. A bank was robbed in Harvard Square on January 29, when a woman passed a note to the teller. She was later arrested. Then on April 20, a man passed a note to rob a bank in Harvard Square. He, too, was arrested, according to police data.
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