Wake Forest schools locked down as police search for bank robber
Six Wake Forest schools were briefly locked down Wednesday afternoon following a bank robbery. Police are searching for a man who robbed a PNC branch on Rogers Road.
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Heritage High School, Heritage Middle School, Wake Forest Middle School, Heritage Elementary School, Thales Academy and Thales Academy Elementary were locked down as a precaution while police searched for a man who robbed a PNC Bank branch at 3619 Rogers Road.
The lockdown was lifted about 1:15 p.m., according to Wake County public schools. But the man remained at large.
Wake Forest police said the man was wearing a navy blue zip-up running jacket, a white baseball cap and a white hooded sweatshirt.
The North Carolina Bankers Association offers a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of anyone involved.
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