Bank robber used bicycle to get away

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Police in Bluefield are looking for a bank robber who used a bicycle for a getaway Monday morning.

The suspect, dressed in all black including a mask, gloves and hoodie, pedaled up to the First Community Bank’s drive-thru at about 10 a.m., produced a gun and demanded money. The teller complied and the robber pedaled from the scene.

Bluefield police are asking anyone who saw the bicyclist around Federal Street and Bluefield Ave. to contact them with any information.





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