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Cooper State Bank
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| Robbery Date/Time: | 4/20/2009 13:53 |
| Location: | Cooper State Bank |
| Address: | 1669 W. Fifth Avenue |
| City: | Columbus |
| State: | OH |
| Zip: | 43212 |
| Lead Investigator/Agency: | Tom Clark - Columbus PD |
| Phone Number: | 614-645-4665 |
| Email: | |
| Description: | On Monday, April 20, 2009 at approximately 1:53 pm, a man wearing a dark hoodie and brandishing a dark-colored semi-automatic pistol entered the Cooper State Bank, 1669 W. Fifth Avenue, Columbus, and jogged immediately to the teller area where he yelled for employees to get down on the floor. The robber jumped up on the counter, pointed the gun in the faces of two employees, and demanded money. Employees cooperated and placed money from their drawers into a white-colored pillowcase. The man ordered the employees into a back office and then ran from the bank. He was described as a black male, approximately 20's of age, 5'9" |
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