Feb 10, 2021

Suspect used rifle during Kansas bank robbery

Posted Feb 10, 2021 5:30 PM
Guaranty State Bank in Burr Oak -google image
Guaranty State Bank in Burr Oak -google image

JEWELL COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a bank robbery and continue to search for a suspect.

Just before 10a.m. Tuesday, a suspect described as a white male approximately 6-foot tall, medium build wearing all black, carrying a black rifle entered the Guaranty State Bank 121 South Main in Burr Oak, Kansas, according to a media release from the sheriff's department.

The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash into rural Jewell County. He was driving a silver, flatbed believed to have been stolen from a Jewell County resident.

There was a multi-agency search for the suspect. He is believed to have fled the county.

Just before 5 p.m. the Jewell County Dispatch received a call about a pick up behind some cedar trees near 20 Road and Ash in North West Jewell County. This was the vehicle deputies were trying to locate from the robbery.

The KBI is processing all evidence as the search for the suspect continues.