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Police arrest Fife bank robber after bomb scare
Posted by John de Leon
Police in Fife have arrested a man who robbed a Bank of America branch this morning.
The man gave a teller a note indicating he had a bomb. For some reason, the robber didn't leave the bank, but employees and customers were allowed to leave. One witness reportedly told police the man instructed bank employees to call police.
The man was arrested a short time later after Fife police and Pierce County sheriff's deputies surrounded the bank. Police are now trying to determine whether a package left behind by the man was a bomb, according to Ed Troyer with the Pierce County Sheriff's Office.
To read the full story by Times staffers Christine Clarridge and Lewis Kamb, click here.
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