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Suspected Statesville bank robber arrested in Pennsylvania, police say

STATESVILLE, N.C. — Police in Statesville have taken a man into custody who is accused of robbing a Bank of America on March 10.

The Statesville Police Department said the robbery happened around 9:30 a.m. that day at a Bank of America on East Broad Street.

Police say a man standing about 5′10″ wearing a blue surgical mask, eyeglasses, and a tan or gray collared polo shirt, walked into the bank branch and “indicated that he had a gun and demanded money.”

It’s not clear how much money was stolen, but the police department said the suspect left in a dark blue Toyota Prius.

Police said on Monday, Michael Thomas Bzik, 36, of Concord, was taken into custody.

Statesville police and investigators with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations went to Allentown, Pennsylvania, where they questioned several people and gathered more evidence. After some surveillance, they arrested Bzik and charged him with robbery with a dangerous weapon and being a fugitive of justice.

He was given no bond.

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