A man in his mid-20s robbed the First National Bank of Durango about 1:20 p.m. Monday. The robber made off with an undisclosed amount of cash, said Sgt. Ray Shupe, with the Durango Police Department. The robber was not armed and he did not make any threats, Shupe said. Rather, he passed a note to the bank teller and made off with the cash in an unknown direction. It was unknown if he had a getaway vehicle. The bank, at 259 W. Ninth St., was temporarily closed while the police and the FBI investigated the crime. The bank reopened at 2:35 p.m., said Moni Grushkin, senior vice president of the bank. No one was injured in the robbery, she said. The robber was not wearing a mask, and police had “some pretty good images" of the suspect from video surveillance equipment, Shupe said.

A man armed with a hypodermic needle robbed the Pine River Valley Bank in Durango on Thursday.  A Durango police officer is seen at Pine River Valley Bank after a robbery Thursday. The robbery occurred about 1:35 p.m., and the robber left the bank headed southbound on foot. The robbery occurred about 1:35 p.m. at 1701 Main Ave. The suspect, who remained at large Thursday night, had a hypodermic needle in his hand and handed the bank teller a note demanding cash, according to a news release from the Durango Police Department. After receiving an undisclosed amount of money in a dark-colored bank bag, the suspect headed southbound on foot. The suspect was described as olive-skinned, in his early 20s, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds. He had short brown hair and wore a bright blue ball cap with an emblem on the front, a dark-colored long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans and thick black-framed sunglasses. No one was injured in the robbery, said Ron Corkish, president of the Pine River Valley Bank in Durango. "Pine River Valley Bank was robbed by one male assailant," he said through a spokeswoman. "He left on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. All local and federal agencies are investigating the incident." It was the fourth bank robbery since March 2008 in La Plata County. The Bank of the San Juans branch at 1710 Main Ave. was robbed March 26, 2008. The First National Bank of Durango branch inside Albertsons was robbed May 7, 2008. And the Wells Fargo Bank branch in Ignacio was robbed March 11, 2009. Anyone with information about Thursday`s robbery is asked to call Durango police Investigator Sean James at 375-4730 or CrimeStoppers at 247-1112.