Suspect at large in Kalida bank robbery

KALIDA —Authorities are searching for a man who robbed the Union Bank Company in Kalida on Saturday morning.

According to a release from Putnam County Sheriff Brian Siefker, a lone man approached a teller at the Union Bank branch located at 110 E. North St., Kalida, around 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning.

The man threatened the teller with a handgun demanding money. Money was placed into a pink bag the man brought with him into the bank, and he then exited the bank on foot onto East North Street.

The unknown suspect is described as a white male, between 5’8” and 6’ tall, around 220 pounds with a stocky build, with a round face and facial hair.

The suspect was wearing dark women’s sunglasses and a bluish-grey neck gator over his face. The release also describes him as wearing a black hat with the text “Mission” on it and a black t-shirt with a long sleeve shirt underneath.

The public is asked to provide any information about the robbery or the suspect to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, the Kalida Police Department, or anonymously on the FBI tip line at 1-877-FBI-OHIO.