Bridgeport bank robbery under investigation

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Police in Bridgeport said a man robbed Huntington Bank’s White Oaks branch at around midday Monday.

The suspect, while holding a gun, demanded money and took off with an undisclosed amount of cash in a light blue Buick-style car.

Police set up a road block and were checking vehicles in the area after the heist but the suspect was not found.

Bridgeport police said the man was about six feet tall and wearing gloves, either an orange tobagan or ski mask and a blue sweatshirt with West Virginia written across the front.

No other details are available at this time as the investigation is on-going.





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