Police UPDATE: At 1:58pm Fairfield Police received a call from Peoples Bank located at 1160 Kings Highway Cutoff of a
Bank Robbery. The Peoples Bank Branch is located within the Stop & Shop grocery store at that location.
The suspect had fled prior to police arrival.
Officers were dispatched and upon arrival bank employees reported just minutes’ prior, a lone white
male (possibly Asian), described as approximately 5’7” wearing a blue mask and red hat walked up to
the teller window and handed over an envelope. On the envelope was a hand written note for
employees to cooperate, confirming it was a robbery. No weapon was shown and there was no evidence
of a weapon present. Bank employees complied with the suspect’s demand and the suspect fled Stop &
Shop with an undetermined amount of cash. It is believed the suspect fled in a smaller blue compact
vehicle west bound on Route 1.
There were no reported injuries. This case in under investigation and there is no further information at
this time.
Anyone with information regarding the robbery, or the suspect pictured below, is asked to please call
the Fairfield Police Detective Bureau at (203)254-4840, or Text-A-Tip to CRIMES (274637)

2020-09-30@2:12pm–#Fairfield CT– Police are investigating a bank robbery at the Stop and Shop at the circle, 1160 Kings Hwy Cutoff by a male in a red hat, blue mask who fled west on the Post Road in a light blue car.

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