NEW ENGLAND, ND – The FBI’s Minneapolis Field Office has released details about a Thursday morning bank robbery in the southwest North Dakota town of New England.

The FBI’s Kyle Loven says two armed men approached the American Bank Center at 8:22 a.m. on Thursday from an alleyway next to the bank.

They entered and confronted the bank’s lone employee who followed their instructions to place money into a black laptop bag.  The employee was not hurt.

The suspects fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash, running up an alley, where it’s believed they entered a dark grey or dark green compact pickup that might have been a Ford Ranger.

Loven describes the suspects as:

1. A white male, about 6′ tall weighing 165-170 pounds.  He wore a light blue jean jacket and dark blue jeans.  He carried a sawed-off pump shotgun with a light colored wood stock.

2. A male about 5’6″, 155 pounds, with what appeared to be long dark hair pulled back into a ponytail.  He wore a red bandana tied around his neck, a black sweatshirt/jacket, dark pants, and black shoes.  He carried a large-frame revolver with a six or eight-inch barrel.

3. A white male wearing a brimmed hat and driving a dark green or dark gray compact pickup truck, possibly a Ford Ranger.

Loven also release a fourth description that may be connected to the case.  He says the FBI is also seeking an individual about 6′ tall, with long blonde hair worn in pony-tail, wearing jeans, a light colored pull over, and driving a dark green compact pickup truck, possibly a Ford Ranger.

nformation regarding the incident should be forwarded to the FBI at 763-569-8000

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Previously

NEW ENGLAND, N.D. (AP) – Authorities say two men in ski masks robbed a bank in the southwest North Dakota town of New England on Thursday morning. (Oct 18, 2012.)
     Hettinger County Chief Deputy Josh Monson says  the robbery occurred at about 8:20 a.m.

He says the suspects got away with an undisclosed amount
of money. No one was hurt.