
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 12, 1994                   TAG: 9403120175
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
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FIRST UNION BANK BRANCH ROBBED

The First Union National Bank branch in the Market Square East shopping center on Orange Avenue Northeast was robbed Friday afternoon.

At 12:46 p.m., Roanoke police said, a man entered the bank, handed a teller a note that said he had a gun, and gave the bank employee a yellow plastic container.

After an undetermined amount of cash was put into the container, the man grabbed it and fled.

The suspect - who remained at large Friday - did not show a gun, but kept his hand inside his pocket during the robbery, police said.

by CNB