Police search through snow for bank robber

Lawrence police officers follow the trail of footprints in the snow believed to have been left by a man who robbed the Central National Bank, 711 Wakarusa Dr., at gunpoint Friday morning. Officers were tracking the suspect to the cul-de-sac at Congressional Way behind Dillons grocery store.

Police were investigating the report of an armed bank robbery shortly before noon Friday at a Central National Bank branch in northwest Lawrence.

The bank is located in a shopping center 711 Wakarusa Dr.

Police were searching the residential area behind the shopping center for tracks in the snow, indicating the suspect had fled on foot.


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