Here is a surveillance photo of the robbery suspect at Citizens Bank at the Clearview Mall on North Main Street in Butler County. (Submitted photo)
From staff reports
A warrant has been issued for the man suspected of holding up the Citizens Bank office inside the Giant Eagle at the Clearview Mall in Butler County on Sunday afternoon.
Police are searching for Alexander Welter, 22, of Chicora, in connection with the crime.
Police described Welter as a white man who is roughly 6 feet tall and wearing a motorcycle helmet, an orange long sleeve shirt and a hoodie with a Harley-Davidson logo on the front.
He was also wearing a dark colored backpack, police said.
Police said Welter presented a note and demanded money, and no weapons were displayed or seen.
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