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Bomb threats Friday evening evacuated the Kettering Recreation Complex and a busy Kroger, which police said was a ploy to diver police attention from a Fifth Third Bank robbery.

The threats were called in around 5:30 p.m. to the rec center, 2900 Glengarry Drive, and to Kroger, 2115 E. Dorothy Lane, which was crowded with shoppers ahead of the holiday weekend. Police searched the buildings, but nothing suspicious was found. The rec center was closed for the rest of the night, and customers and employees were able to go back inside the grocery store.

Shortly after the bomb threats, police were called to an armed robbery at Fifth Third Bank, 4120 Far Hills Ave., near the Town and Country shopping plaza. A man carrying pepper spray wearing a black ski mask, black hooded sweatshirt and worn, baggy blue jeans walked into the bank and demanded money from a teller, Kettering police Sgt. Bradley Lambert said.

A Fifth Third Bank robbery Dec. 23, 2016, is connected to two bomb threats in Kettering. JAMES BUECHELE / STAFF

“The suspect actually maced her before she even got a chance to comply, unfortunately, but she’s OK,” Lambert said.

The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

“We ended up calling a K-9 to do a track; the track was ultimately unsuccessful,” the sergeant said. According to police radio traffic, the suspect, described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, was last tracked to the area of Lesher Drive and Shroyer Road within a half-mile of the bank.

Police say all three crimes are connected.

“It’s a theory that the suspect in the robbery actually called in the bomb threats to tie up law enforcement,” Lambert said.

Kroger is 3.6 miles from the bank, and the rec center and bank are 4.2 miles apart.

Once the suspect is caught, he faces years behind bars, if convicted, and not just for the bank heist.

“Making the bomb threat itself is a crime: inducing panic. They could also be held liable for any civil loss,” he said.

Anyone with information is urged to call Kettering police at 937-296-2555.

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