The search continues for a woman who police say robbed a Jackson County Bank Thursday afternoon.
Police say around 3:30pm Thursday, a woman captured on surveillance walked into the Sand Gap branch of the Jackson County Bank, demanded money, then took off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
“The initial investigation it appears she was wearing a pink shirt and a light colored ball cap,” said Trooper Robert Purdy with Kentucky State Police.
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Police say the woman then got into the passenger seat of a car waiting across the street. The four door gold or silver colored passenger car was last seen traveling toward US 421 in Sand Gap.
This is just the latest in what locals call a crime spree over the last few months.
“It’s very frustrating. You look at every person that comes through your store that you don’t know and every person that you do know wondering if they’re connected or who they know,” said Linda Isaacs, who owns the Whistle Stop Gas and Grocery across the street from the bank.
She says this is the third time the bank’s been hit in the last month.
“The ATM had been broken into and also they tried to cut into the bank,” said Isaacs.
She says thieves even broke into the town fire station before hitting her store two months ago.
“That’s a pretty horrifying experience in itself. When you walk up or come into your parking lot in the morning and find out it’s been broken into and everything that you’ve worked for for the last 5 years pretty much like no body cared and threw it to the dust,” said Isaacs.
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With the increase in crime, Sand Gap has also created a community council to watch over their town. The council met Thursday evening after the bank robbery.
Call Kentucky State Police if you have any information about this bank robbery.
