Deputies searching for bank robber

CREATED Sep. 12, 2012

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Web Producer: Rikki Mitchell

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Deputies are looking for a bank robber who hit a U.S. Bank inside of a Safeway store last Friday, according to Deputy Tom Peine with the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

Peine tells KGUN9 that a man entered the store at 4752 E. Sunrise Dr. just before 5 p.m. and handed a teller a note threatening harm and demanding money.

The man was given an undisclosed amount of money and left the store in an unknown direction.

He is described as a Hispanic, between 25 and 30 years old, about 5'8'' tall, with a thin build and dark short hair.

He also had light facial hair and was wearing a white and green colored plaid shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information on the identity of this man is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.