Crime & Safety

Wells Fargo Bank in Downtown Easton Robbed

Police apparently have suspect in custody following a robbery at the Centre Square Wells Fargo branch.

The bank in Centre Square was robbed Monday afternoon by a man who found himself in police custody shortly after leaving the bank.

The robbery happened around 2:30 p.m., according to this Express-Times report.

At 3 p.m., police investigators could be seen gathered along Sitgreaves Street, about a block from the bank.

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The suspect, identified in news reports as 28-year-old John Kissel of Easton, was apparently caught after a bank teller flagged down a passing officer and alerted him of the robbery.

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