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PIERCETON - Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred late this morning at a Pierceton bank.
A man reportedly wearing a phony beard and displaying a silver handgun allegedly held up the Pierceton branch of Lake City Bank.
The suspect is described as a male 5-feet, 8-inches tall with shoulder-length hair and possibly a two-day growth of facial hair. He was reportedly wearing blue coveralls and a white ball cap at the time of the robbery. A green pickup was reportedly seen leaving the area after the robbery.
Police were called to the scene at 10:37 a.m. The matter is under investigation by the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department and officers were on the scene at press time today.
