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Search for robber prompts lock-down in Midway

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on October 2, 2008

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. Tags: bank robbery, Midway, Midway College, Versailles Police.

By Steve Lannen
slannen@herald-leader.com

UPDATED: See video from the case.

A robbery a little after 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the United Bank and Trust Co. in Midway prompted a lockdown for students in town.

Northside Elementary School and Midway College were placed on lockdown for about two hours while police searched for the suspect, who had fled on foot from North Gratz Street, according to police.

A Versailles police dog and Lexington police helicopter searched for the suspect, but did not find the man, said Versailles Police Officer Pat Melton.

The suspect was described as follows:

■ White man in his early 20s.
■ Five feet, seven inches to five feet, eight inches tall.
■ 150-160 pounds.
■ He wore a dark baseball cap and mirrored sunglasses with a mustache.
■ He was wearing a dark sweatshirt with white stripes on each sleeve and horizontal white stripe across the front. He wore light-colored pants and dark shoes.
If anyone has information about the suspect or his whereabouts, call Versailles police at (859) 873-3126.

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Ashlee Clark is the Richmond bureau reporter for the Herald-Leader. She has covered general assignments in Madison, Clark, Estill, Powell and Montgomery counties since she joined the newspaper in September 2007. Ashlee, a Louisville native, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received degrees in journalism and sociology.

Shawntaye Hopkins is the Herald-Leader’s police reporter, covering local law enforcement, fire and EMS and breaking news. She joined the staff in September 2006 as the newspaper’s night police reporter. Shawntaye, a Louisville native, graduated from Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and criminology. Shawntaye resides in Lexington.

Delano Massey is the Herald-Leader’s Regional Editor. He works closely with the paper’s bureau reporters and police and courts reporters to plan coverage, pursue breaking news and seek out enterprise stories. A Northeast Ohio native, Delano started his journalism career as a night cops reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. In 2003, he made the trek to Lexington to take the reins as the newspaper’s daytime cops reporter. Delano, a graduate of the University of Akron, has won numerous awards for breaking news, spot news and investigative journalism.