Police do not believe two bank robberies in Orange County – one in Hillsborough and another in downtown Chapel Hill – are related.
Chapel Hill police released a photo of the man who walked into the BB&T at 143 E. Rosemary St. in downtown Chapel Hill and gave a teller a note demanding money. No weapon was displayed at the robbery, witnesses told police, and the robber fled the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
Anyone with information concerning the identity of this person, please call either the Chapel Hill Police Department at 968-2760 or Crime Stoppers at 942-7515. Calls to Crime Stoppers are confidential and anonymous and the caller may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
Hillsborough police are looking for a man who ordered customers and employees of the Community One Bank at Millstone Drive and Old N.C. 86 into the vault during a robbery around noon Tuesday. Police officers responding to the robbery were able to open the vault to free those inside.
The man is described as white, stocky and in his late 40s or early 50s. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Sgt. Scott Nicolaysen at 732-9381, ext. 30.