Shreveport Police Department
PO Box P • Shreveport, LA 71161 • 318/673-6932 • Fax: 318/673-6933
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Aug. 14, 2002
Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer
318/673-6932
Police search for bank robbery suspect
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Shreveport police are looking for a man who robbed Region’s Bank on Monday.
Ashton Blankenship, 35, of Bossier City is wanted for first-degree robbery in connection with the incident that occurred at the branch located at 1633 North Market.
Detectives investigating the case allege that Blankenship, whose last name also has been spelled Blakenship, entered the bank just after 10 a.m. dressed in an orange and dark-colored suit and straw hat.
He is a black male, 6'1" tall and weighs about 200 pounds.
If anyone has information on Blankenship’s whereabouts, call Crime Stoppers at 673-7000 or the detective’s office at 673-6955.
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