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People's Bank on Hwy 278 robbed
Suspects caught
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Two Union Point men were arrested Wednesday morning after a successful bank robbery was foiled early by both the Covington Police Department and the Newton County Sheriff’s Department.At approximately 11:04 a.m. officers from the CPD were called about a suspicious man running away from People’s Bank on U.S. Highway 278. According to the caller, the man was carrying a backpack and had a "red fog following him." At the same time this call was coming in, so was a hold-up alarm from the bank, alerting authorities to the situation.The caller allegedly told dispatch operators that the man had fled