Police still looking for Middletown bank robbery suspect in KFC hat


Middletown police are continuing to search for a suspect in a bank robbery Tuesday afternoon.

At about 1:28 p.m. Tuesday a man walked into the US Bank at the corner of Breiel and Roosevelt boulevards and passed a threatening note to a teller, according to Middletown Police Maj. Scott Reeve.

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The man left going north away from the bank.

The perpetrator was a black man with facial hair wearing a black ball cap with “Kentucky Fried Chicken” written on it and a black polo shirt with “I rule the rooster” written on it.

Anyone with information should contact Detective Brandon Highley at 513-425-7724 or, if they see someone matching the suspect’s description, call 911.

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