On Friday afternoon bank robbery occurred at the BB&T Bank building on Chapman Hwy. in Seymour. This is the third robbery in East Tennessee recently and the first in the Seymour area.

A man robbed the BB&T Bank in Blount County near the Sevier County line at about 1:55 p.m. Police are searching the area for the suspect but have yet to release a description.

At approximately 9:00 a.m., someone robbed the BB&T Bank in Knoxville.

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