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ROTTERDAM — A man escaped with an unspecified amount of money from a Trustco Bank this afternoon after police suspect someone called in a fake threat to Mohonasen High School as a diversion for the bank robbery.

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A white male wearing a puffy black coat, a New York Yankees hat and sunglasses entered the bank at 141 W. Campbell Road near Interstate 890 at 2:35 p.m. today and handed a note demanding money to a teller before fleeing, Rotterdam Police Lt. Mike Brown said.

Brown said the suspect, who police estimated was about 30 years old, did not present a weapon, and it was unknown if he fled on foot or in a vehicle or whether he was working with anyone else.

Rotterdam Police scanned the immediate area with the help of Schenectady Police K9 units and state police but had not found the suspect as of 7 p.m.

Brown did not release a dollar figure for the robbery.