The public was alerted that the FBI and Anchorage police are seeking a bank robbery suspect in a robbery incident that occurred at approximately 3:25 pm on Wednesday afternoon.

Anchorage police were notified and responded to the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union at 310 East Northern Lights Boulevard for a robbery at that location at 3:27 pm today.

The initial investigation determined that 30-year-old Pierce Cottingham robbed that banking institution. According to the report, Cottingham handed the teller a note, received cash in response then fled on foot. He was gone when police arrived. The amount of cash taken has not been disclosed.

During the robbery, no weapons were seen and no one was injured.

Police asked that anyone with information into Cottingham’s whereabouts to call the FBI at 276-4441 or the Anchorage Police Department at 3-1-1 (option #1).

A citizen called in just over three hours later and reported to police that she believed that she saw the suspect at the Northern Lights Fred Meyer. APD’s Investigative Support Unit responded to the scene, located him and after confirming his identity, took him into custody.
 

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