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Council Bluffs bank robbed Friday

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August 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Authorities are investigating the robbery of a bank in Council Bluffs. According to Bluffs Police, a black male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue sweatpants and a ski mask walked into the American National Bank at 2650 W. Broadway at around 10-a.m. The man, brandishing a gun, jumped over the counter and demanded money from a teller before leaving through the bank’s east doors. He got away with an undetermined amount of cash. One of the bundles contained a dye-pack that exploded as the suspect was on foot.

Police officers found a several yards long money trail along Avenue A, and followed it back toward West Broadway, but they were unable to locate the suspect. The incident remains under investigation.