CHICAGO (STNG) -- A man who implied he had a gun robbed a Roscoe Village bank branch about a block away from the Belmont Area police headquarters Monday afternoon.
The robbery happened about 1:55 p.m. at the North Community Bank branch on the 3400 block of North Western Avenue, according to a report from the police First Deputy Superintendent's office.
A man described as a black male 35-45 years old approached a teller at the bank and demanded money, while implying he had a gun in his jacket pocket, the report said.
The man received an unknown amount of money and fled the bank.
An FBI spokesman had no information on the robbery as of about 3:30 p.m.
Belmont Area police headquarters is as 2452 W. Belmont.
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