Two masked gunmen robbed a bank in Leacock Township this morning, according to county emergency dispatchers.
This is one of two men who robbed the Susquehanna Bank near Intercourse this morning, police said.
This man kneels on the floor at the Susquehanna Bank near Intercourse, after being ordered to do so by
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This is one of two men who robbed the Susquehanna Bank near Intercourse this morning, police said.
Gunmen rob bank near Intercourse
Shortly before 10 a.m., dispatchers reported that two men - both displaying handguns - entered the Susquehanna Bank at 3433 Old Philadelphia Pike.
There were no reported injuries, dispatchers said, and no shots were fired.
The robbers were described as black males, dressed in black shirts, light-colored slacks and wearing black nylons over their faces and carrying black handguns.
One man was described as 6 feet, 2 inches tall - possibly nicknamed "Weasel" - and the other was about 5 feet, 2 inches tall.
The two were last seen driving eastbound, toward Intercourse, in a white vehicle. A 17-year-old customer walked into the bank while the robbers were holding the five employees at gunpoint, police said.
Gunmen rob bank near IntercourseThey ordered her to stand next to the employees, police said, and then told everyone to get on their knees.
At one point, police said, the robbers told the group "they didn't want to hurt anyone.''
The teenager told police that the shorter robber was just slightly taller than she, about 5-foot-4.
The other robber, about 6-feet tall, was nicknamed "Weasel.''
Trooper Gerard Sauers said police, who were at a district judge's office just west of the bank, arrived in about 45 seconds.
"It's entirely possible they passed the officers,'' as the robbers drove eastbound leaving the bank, Sauers said.
There was no dye pack mixed in with the money, police said. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken.
State police troopers were at the scene, both in marked and unmarked cars with a helicopter flying overhead. The bank, located in the heart of the Lancaster County tourist area, was closed for business after the robbery.
Located across the street from an Amish farm, tourists riding in cars and Amish on scooters gawked at the police activity as they passed the bank.
The incident was at least the fifth bank robbery this year, according to newspaper records.
A branch of M&T Bank in the 2400 block of Old Philadelphia Pike, East Lampeter Township, was robbed by a lone gunman in July.
City police captured a suspect the day after he allegedly robbed Citizens Bank in downtown Lancaster in June.
In March, a Bank of Lancaster County branch in Leola was robbed, again by a lone gunman, according to East Lampeter Township Police at the time.
The first bank robbery of the year took place in January, again in Leola, at the Fulton Bank when the suspect left a suspicious-looking package inside the bank.
(Staff writer Cindy Stauffer contributed to this report).
Staff writer Janet Kelley can be reached at jkelley@LNPnews.com or 481-6026.
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