Monday must have seemed like a good day to commit a robbery at a local bank.

Three holdups were reported at three separate sites - all before lunchtime.

Richmond County Sheriff's Sgt. Calvin Chew said the incidents do not appear connected.

The robberies began about 9:30 a.m. at a SunTrust Bank branch on Gordon Highway when a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt snatched a bank bag from a person about to make a deposit.

Thirty minutes later, police responded to the Georgia Bank & Trust branch at Reynolds and Eighth streets after a man pushed a backpack through the teller window and said to fill it.

The robber was described as a white man in his 50s, wearing a green baseball cap, tan jacket and blue jeans. He ran from the scene with the money, which was filled with a red dye pack.

About 90 minutes later, a third bandit robbed a bank in McDuffie County.

Thomson Police Chief John Hathaway said the man walked into First Bank of Georgia at 110 E. Hill St. and gave a clerk a note demanding money.

The robber was described as a black man wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans, white tennis shoes and a black cap , according to Agent Gary Nicholson of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Chief Hathaway said none of the bank's employees saw a gun. Witnesses also did not see if the robber drove away in a vehicle or fled on foot.

Morris News Service writer Billy W. Hobbs contributed to this report.

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