Life-Size Cardboard Cutout Causes Bank Standoff

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A standoff at a New Jersey bank
is over after police learned a "person" seen inside was actually
a full-size cardboard figure.
Officers went to the PNC Bank in Montgomery Township on Thursday
night after an alarm went off. They saw what they thought was at
least one person through the windows of the bank, which had its
blinds drawn.
The area was sealed off and three nearby apartment buildings
were evacuated as a precaution. Meanwhile, authorities used
bullhorns and made telephone calls in a bid to make contact with
whoever might be in the bank.
After repeatedly failing to get a response, a SWAT team entered
the building and discovered the cardboard figure.
It was not immediately clear what set off the bank alarm.

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