POLICE UPDATE: Bank Robbery on Washington and Forest Streets

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The following is a message from the Wellesley Police Department:

On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at approximately 2:02 p.m. the Wellesley Police Department’s Emergency Communication Center received a 9-1-1 call from an employee at TD Bank, located at 380 Washington Street, Wellesley.

The employee indicated that a bank robbery had just occurred. The suspect was described as a tall and thin male party. He was further described to be approximately 6’1” tall, wearing all black clothing, including black pants, a black hooded jacket, a black do-rag covering his face and black gloves. Employees believe that the male party fled the bank on foot. A verbal threat was made to the teller, but there were no weapons shown. An undisclosed amount of money was taken from the bank.

Detectives from the Wellesley Police Department responded, interviewed witnesses and are currently investigating the incident. The Massachusetts State Police assisted the Wellesley Police Department with the investigation by providing a K-9 to help search the area for the suspect. The K-9 search did not yield any additional information.

This is an open and ongoing investigation and no further information is available at this time.