NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. – Police in Nicholasville say a man showed a gun and tried to rob a bank, but he wasn't in one.
The Jessamine South Elkhorn Water District has offices in what was formerly a branch of Farmers Bank.
City police spokesman Scott Harvey told the Lexington Herald-Leader a man came into the building Tuesday, showed a pistol and demanded money.
When an employee told the man the office really didn't have any money, the confused would-be robber replied, "I know you have money. It's a bank."
He was told it was no longer a bank and he left with nothing.
Harvey said the office takes payments for water bills, but doesn't have anything worth stealing.
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