An armed man stood guard at the door as his partner jumped over the counter to grab money during a robbery at a bank on the Pennington Circle yesterday.
Wells Fargo in Hopewell HOPEWELL — An armed man stood guard at the door as his partner jumped over the counter to grab money during a robbery of a Wells Fargo bank branch on the Pennington Circle yesterday morning, police said.
No one was hurt and no shots were fired during the hold-up, which township police are investigating alongside the FBI.
The two men who committed the quick robbery entered the bank shortly after 10 a.m., one remaining near the entrance displaying the gun as the other suspect vaulted the counter, according to police.
“He bolted the counter there, grabbed the money, and took off running,” Township Police Chief Lance Maloney said.
After grabbing cash from one of the drawers, the suspect let himself out from behind the counter through a doorway, then fled the bank along with the second suspect. They headed toward a nearby ShopRite, where police believe they got into a car parked in the store’s parking lot and drove away.
Once inside the bank, the robbers announced they wanted money before the one suspect jumped over the counter but said nothing else, Maloney said.
The amount of money taken from the cash drawer was not disclosed.
Two customers were inside the bank when it was robbed, police said.
The first suspect is described as a black male, between 30 and 40 years old, 6 feet tall, slim build, wearing a black ski mask, blue jumpsuit and Timberland-style work boots.
Police said the second suspect is a black male, 30 to 40 years old, 6 feet tall, slim build, wearing a black ski mask with a yellow stripe on it, blue jeans, a light-colored sweatshirt, and black sneakers with white striping.
Maloney said police confirmed the second suspect had a weapon, and are “fairly certain” based on a description given by a bank employee the firearm was a semi-automatic handgun.
Anyone with information on the robbery should call Hopewell Police at (609) 737-3100 or the FBI (973) 792-3000.
Contact Alex Zdan at azdan@njtimes.com.
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