State, Village Police Investigating Armed Robbery in Tupper Lake

Area police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed the Hosley Avenue branch of Community Bank in Tupper Lake at gunpoint.

Around noon Friday, a white man described as approximately six feet tall and wearing a fake mustache entered the bank with a silver handgun and demanded money. Reports say the suspect ordered witnesses to lay on the floor. (click here for full story)

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