At about 10:45 a.m., the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to a bank robbery at CenterState Bank on State Road 60. The sheriff’s office said the suspect held 68-year-old Mathew Korattiyil at gunpoint, then stole his car before leading deputies on a chase through Valrico. Deputies said the Korattiyil was inside of the vehicle when the chase began.
After a brief pursuit, the suspect was apprehended and the vehicle was recovered, but Korattiyil was nowhere to be found.
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Those with information regarding Korattiyil’s whereabouts should call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s main line at 813-247-8000.