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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">December 26, 2019</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Jeff Pitts
<br />Community Relations Specialist/Public Information Officer
<br />Columbia Police Department
<br />City of Columbia
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<br />policepio@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia Police investigate an attempted robbery at Commerce Bank, 2000 Bernadette Drive on Dec. 26</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police responded to a report of an attempted robbery at Commerce Bank, 2000 Bernadette Drive, on Dec. 26 at approximately 10:15 a.m. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The preliminary investigation revealed that a single suspect entered the bank requesting an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect was described as a white male, around 20 years old. He was last observed wearing a black jacket, a white shirt and blue jeans. He was described as wearing glasses, having short curly hair and having moles on his face. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The suspect was identified as River Reed Godfrey, 20, of Independence, Missouri, and was taken into custody for attempted robbery by the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) and Callaway County Sheriff’s Department in the 3000 block of County Road 211 in Kingdom City, Missouri. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anyone with additional information about this incident is asked to please contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652 or CrimeStoppers at 573.875.TIPS (8477) to remain anonymous.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an ongoing investigation, therefore there is no additional information we can provide.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />Case number 2019-013584</span></p>
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