NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
December 17, 2007
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

MAN ROBBED OUTSIDE MARY ESTHER BANK

     A man who services ATM machines in Okaloosa County was robbed of a large amount of cash around 9:25 Monday morning outside the Vanguard Bank at 302 Mary Esther Boulevard.

    The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating. The victim says after picking up cash from the bank, he was robbed in the parking lot by a man carrying a shotgun. A second individual was driving a getaway car.

     Anyone with information on the armed robbery is asked to contact the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office at 850-651-7400 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS.

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