NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 23, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
OCEAN
CITY BANK ROBBER SOUGHT
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is working to track down a female bank
robber who held-up the First National Bank and Trust at
The woman entered the bank, demanded money, and placed what appeared to be an
explosive device on the counter. She also showed the teller a gun inside her
purse. After the robbery the woman walked out the back door.
The State Fire Marshall’s Office Bomb Squad out of
The robber is described as a white female, about 5’7” tall, age 35 or
younger, with dark hair pulled back into a ponytail. She was wearing a baseball
cap, a dark shirt, and dark jeans.
Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call Investigator Bob Grappone
of the Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at
850-651-7400 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS.
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