Bank robbed yesterday

Posted to Police Beat by Kathleen Pointer at 11:23 a.m., Sept. 24, 2008

The First National Bank on Stadium Blvd. was robbed yesterday afternoon.

At about 4:17 p.m. a white male entered the bank and demanded money by handing a note to the teller. He did not display a weapon. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of money, he fled the scene on foot, a Columbia Police Department news release stated.

The suspect is describes as being about 50-years-old, 5'6 ft. tall with a thin build and a scruffy beard.