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Middlesex bank robbed

MIDDLESEX TWP — Police are searching for a 6-foot-tall, bearded white man last seen wearing brown mechanic's overalls and a hooded sweatshirt after he robbed the Northwest Savings Bank along Route 8 in Valencia just after noon.

The man handed a note to a teller at about 12:20 p.m. today, demanding money, but showed no weapon, according to Middlesex police.

No one was in the bank at the time of the robbery except about five employees, police said, and no one was injured.

A Middlesex officer confirmed the robbery was captured by the bank's video surveillance.

The suspect was last seen driving a blue car north on Route 8.

Butler Township and Middlesex police each pulled over a suspicious vehicle north of the bank, but no one is in custody, police said, and officers are still at the bank, which remains closed at mid-afternoon.

Middlesex Township police are investigating the robbery with assistance from state police, as well as the Penn Township and Saxonburg police departments.

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