Scottsbluff police say a lone man held up the Valley Bank branch at Broadway and Beltline Highway at 2:07 Wednesday afternoon, escaping with an unknown amount of money.

Scottsbluff Police Captain Brian Wasson says the white male entered the bank, gave the teller a note demanding money and then fled on foot to the west.

Authorities have released pictures from surveillance video of the suspect…described by bank employees as 5-10, 200 pounds, with a light-reddish colored thin goatee.

      Wasson says they don’t know the suspect’s hair color because he was wearing a black stocking cap, or his eye color because he wore sunglasses.  He was also wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and light-color or faded blue jeans.

Wasson says anyone with any information about the robbery or the suspect is asked to call the Scottsbluff police department or the Scotts Bluff County Crimestoppers at 632-STOP (5867). Tips to Crimestoppers may be made anonymously and still be eligible for rewards.