A man wearing a striped dress robbed a bank in Pittsburgh’s South Side Wednesday afternoon.
The robbery was reported shortly after 3:30 p.m. at the Citizens Bank on East Carson Street.
Police said the man held a blue and white bag over his face as he pointed his hand in the shape of a gun and demanded money from a teller. He got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
In addition to the dress, the man was wearing a tan trench coat and a straw hat.
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Several other bank robberies have occurred in the South Side in recent months.
Benjamin Plesset, 43, was arrested in connection to three bank robberies -- two at the First Commonwealth Bank and one at the Dollar Bank.
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The Violent Crime Unit is investigating Wednesday’s robbery.
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