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Man robs bank near Crown Point, Indiana

By Mitchell Armentrout

Surveillance photo of a man who robbed a northwest Indiana bank Saturday morning. | Lake County, Indiana, sheriff’s office

Authorities are searching for a man who robbed a bank Saturday morning near Crown Point, Indiana.

It happened around 11:30 a.m. at the First Midwest Bank branch at 10858 Pike St. in unincorporated Winfield Township, according to the Lake County, Indiana, sheriff’s office.

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