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Bank Robbery Tuesday In Eustis

    Two people are in custody following a bank robbery that occurred Tuesday afternoon at the Insight Credit Union located at 15120 US Highway 441 in Eustis.
    The Lake County Sheriffi’s Office reported that shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday a male suspect entered the bank wearing a surgical-type face mask and presented a bank employee with a note, the contents of which was not made public Tuesday. The bank employee gave the suspect cash, at which time he ran from the bank and jumped in the bed of an awaiting pick-up truck and fled the scene.
    No weapon was observed, and no employees of the bank were injured.
    As law enforcement saturated the area in an effort to search for the suspect vehicle, officers with the Tavares Police Department located the suspects attempting to switch vehicles in the nearby Chelsea Oaks subdivision. The officers took the two into custody, and found money appearing to be from the bank in the pants that the male suspect had in his possession at the time he was captured. He was positively identified from bank surveillance video.
The names of the two arrested will be released once they are made available.
    No further details were available at press deadline.