Watsonville Police detective Colin Travers deploys a drone to search for a bank robbery suspect
Watsonville Police detective Collin Travers deploys a drone Friday in the Overlook Center on Main Street after a woman reportedly robbed a Bay Federal Credit Union bank around 2:40pm. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian)

Watsonville Police on Friday afternoon were looking for a woman who reportedly robbed the Bay Federal Credit Union on the 1400 block of Main Street.

The robbery occurred at about 2:40pm when a woman in her 20s with dark hair over her shoulders, wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and a white surgical mask over her face handed a teller a note demanding money and threatening to stab the teller.

She fled with an undisclosed amount of money in a shoulder bag.

Watsonville Police were searching the area using a drone.

As of 3:20pm, there were no suspects.

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Tarmo Hannula has been the lead photographer with The Pajaronian newspaper in Watsonville since 1997. More recently Good Times & Press Banner. He also reports on a wide range of topics, including police, fire, environment, schools, the arts and events. A fifth generation Californian, Tarmo was born in the Mother Lode of the Sierra (Columbia) and has lived in Santa Cruz County since the late 1970s. He earned a BA from UC Santa Cruz and has traveled to 33 countries.

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