Union Square Bank Robbed for Second Time in Two Weeks, Police Search for Suspect

Somerville Police are searching for the suspect who robbed the Citizens Bank in Union Square on Tuesday morning. It was the second time the bank was robbed in about two weeks.

Somerville Patch reported initial reports about the robbery Tuesday.

The suspect is a white female, about five-feet one-inch tall, with a medium build, according to an announcement from Somerville Police. The announcement says: "She was wearing a dark jacket and dark hooded sweat shirt and white pants. She also had a scarf across her face. The suspect fled the bank on foot."

According to the announcement, the woman robbed the bank, at 40 Union Square, shortly after 11 a.m. She passed a note demanding cash, threatened that she had a gun and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, the announcement says.

She fled the bank on foot, and "there is no video of the suspect available," according to the announcement.

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Somerville Police and the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force are investigating the robbery, and anyone with information should call police at (617) 625-1212.