Police looking for South Lake Tahoe robbery suspect

Police officers arrived shortly after a bank robbery was reported at 9:39 a.m. Wednesday at El Dorado Savings Bank, 3443 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

Police officers arrived shortly after a bank robbery was reported at 9:39 a.m. Wednesday at El Dorado Savings Bank, 3443 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

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Police are looking for a person who allegedly robbed El Dorado Savings Bank on Wednesday morning.

According to the South Lake Tahoe Police Department:

The robbery took place about 9:40 a.m. when a man entered the bank, at 3443 Lake Tahoe Blvd., and gave a teller a note that demanded cash and stated that he had a gun. No gun was seen.

The man left with an unknown amount of cash. Police released a photo of the man from surveillance cameras. In them, the man is wearing a buttoned-up shirt, a hat, shorts and sandals. He appears to be a white man in his 50s, about 6 feet, 2 inches.

โ€œA potential suspect vehicle was seen driving quickly away from the area of the bank,โ€ a news release states.

The vehicle is a black four-door, dual-cab Dodge Ram pickup truck with a toolbox in the bed. The model year is estimated to be between 2000 and 2005.

โ€œThis vehicle turned westbound on Lake Tahoe Boulevard, away from the bank,โ€ the release states.

Anyone with information is asked to contact South Lake Tahoe police at 530-542-6100 or via www.facebook.com/sltpd.detectives.