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Suspect claims to have bomb, robs Md. bank

Police are searching for a suspect who pretended to have a bomb and then robbed a Capital One Bank in Landover Hills, Md. Friday afternoon.
Police are searching for this man in connection with a Hyattsville bank robbery,

LANDOVER HILLS, Md. (WUSA9) -- Police are searching for a suspect who pretended to have a bomb and then robbed a Capital One Bank in Landover Hills, Md. Friday afternoon.

The robbery happened at the bank located at 6206 Annapolis Road, authorities said.

The suspect is being described as a black man with a mustache. He was wearing a hat, sunglasses, a long sleeved gray shirt and blue jeans at the time of the incident. He was carrying a box under his arm, authorities added.

During the robbery the suspect handed the clerk a note demanding money and saying that the box had a bomb in it. The suspect stole the money and then fled. He left the box at the bank.

Prince George's County police bomb squad x-rayed the box and learned that there was nothing inside. Nobody was injured.

Anyone who knows anything about the robbery or saw anything around the area of the bank on Friday afternoon is asked to call the FBI Baltimore at 410-265-8080, or Prince George's County Police Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS.

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