Santa Barbara Police were searching Monday for a man who robbed the Bank of the West and made off with $2,000 in cash.
Sgt. Riley Harwood said police responded just after 2 p.m. Monday to report of a robbery at the bank in the 3700 block of State Street.
Witnesses told arriving officers that a lone white male in his late 30s had entered Bank of the West and handed a bank teller a note demanding money, with no visible weapon, Harwood said.
The suspect fled the scene with $2,000 in cash in a white pickup truck, traveling westbound toward Highway 101, he said.
The suspect was described as 5-foot-9 and about 200 pounds with salt-and-pepper-colored hair, wearing prescription glasses, a blue baseball cap and brown T-shirt, Harwood said.
Anyone with information should contact SBPD Detective Douglas Klug at 805.897.2346 or dklug@sbpd.com, or call anonymously to 805.897.2386, he said.
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