The Hillsborough Police Department is seeking a man who it says robbed a bank just after 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Police say an unidentified man walked into the First National Bank at 237 South Churton Street and demanded money from the teller. He then left with an undisclosed amount of cash. No injuries have been reported at this time.

The First National Bank at 237 South Churton Street in Hillsborough, which police say was robbed Wednesday morning. (Image via Google Maps)
Hillsborough Police later released a surveillance image of the suspect. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing jeans, a navy hoodie, black shoes, gray gloves, a dark fishing hat, sunglasses and a black neck gaiter.

A surveillance image of the suspect in a Hillsborough bank robbery Wednesday morning. (Image via Hillsborough Police Department)
Anyone with any information related to the incident is asked to contact Investigator Vidal Morales at 919-296-9571 or by using this contact form. Anonymous tips can be reported by calling 919-296-9555 or by using the See it, Say it, Send it website.
This is a developing story.
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