Two more Vermont banks robbed

Security camera footage shows the suspect, brandishing a knife and a Hannaford's plastic shopping bag, that robbed the Chittenden Bank in Swanton this morning.

SWANTON -- Two Chittenden Bank branches in opposite corners of the state were robbed this morning.

In Swanton, the branch on Canada Street became the third Franklin County bank to be held up at knifepoint in the past month.

In Brattleboro, a disguised gunman robbed a Chittenden branch on Canal Street.

At about 10:30 a.m. a man entered the Chittenden branch in Swanton and brandished a knife and demanded cash from a teller, said police. No customers were in the bank at the time and no one was injured.

Police said the man left on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect was described as white male in his 20s, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with a slender build. He was wearing a brown sweatshirt with an ornate skull design on the front; a white baseball cap under the hood, a red scarf and brown pants. He was carrying a Hannaford grocery bag.

Banks in Richford and St. Albans were robbed in a similar fashion; the suspect or suspects in those cases remain at large.

Anyone who may have witnessed the event, seen any suspicious activity, vehicles or persons in or around the area of the robbery is asked to call the Vermont State Police St. Albans Barracks at 524-5993 or the Swanton Police Department at 868-4100.

Meanwhile, in Brattleboro at about 10 a.m., Brattleboro Police responded to a Chittenden Bank on Canal Street to reports of an armed robbery. Witnesses described the suspect as a white man in his 20s, about 5-10 to 6-2 and 200 pounds. The suspect wore a facial disguise and displayed a gun.

He was last seen fleeing the bank on foot.

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http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091027/NEWS02/91027008/Two-more-Vermont-banks-robbed