Costumed Robbers Flee Bank in Painted Van
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MADERA, Pa. — Two men wearing animal costumes held up a small-town bank at gunpoint, then escaped in a van painted with teddy bears and storks.
The men walked into the County National Bank on Thursday afternoon carrying a sawed-off shotgun and an automatic handgun, state police said. One man wore a gorilla suit and the other had on a wild-boar mask. They took an undetermined amount of money and fled in the painted van.
The van had been stolen hours earlier from a balloon delivery business in Lawrence Township. It was found abandoned after the robbery in a rural area, police said.
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