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Police, FBI searching for bank robbery suspect

Police and the FBI are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a bank near Trenton in November and is suspected of shooting a teller when he robbed the same bank in August.

Police and the FBI are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a bank near Trenton in November and is suspected of shooting a teller when he robbed the same bank in August.

Jeffrey Lynn Garrett Jr., 34, walked into the JP Morgan Chase bank on Klockner Road in Mercerville on Aug. 23 and shot a bank teller in her stomach before fleeing on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, police said.

Garrett allegedly robbed the same bank on Nov. 10 after handing a teller a note demanding cash, and brandishing a handgun.

In that incident, police said, Garrett fled in a beige Nissan Altima.

Garrett is about 6-feet-1, weighs about 220 pounds and may have friends or relatives in North Philadelphia.

Tipsters are asked to call the FBI Philadelphia Police Violent Crimes Task Force at 215-418-4000.