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VOL. 109, NO. 30 FEBRUARY 22 — 28, 2018
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Robber gets
nothing from
Bushwick bank
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
Police are asking for the public's
help in finding a man
who attempted to rob a bank
in Bushwick on Tuesday.
At approximately 10:02 a.m. on Feb.
20, authorities said, the suspect entered
the Bank of America on Knickerbocker
Avenue near Stanhope
Street and approached a female teller.
The individual then passed a note to
the employee demanding money.
The teller refused the suspect's
written request, authorities said, and
then walked away from her station.
The perpetrator then fl ed the bank on
foot northbound on Knickerbocker
Avenue. Offi cers from the 83rd Precinct
responded to the incident.
Cops described the suspect as
a black man in his 40s, standing
approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall
with a slim build. He was last seen
wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt
and blue jeans.
Anyone with information in
regards to this incident is asked
to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for
Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The
public can also submit their tips by
logging on to nypdcrimestoppers.
com or by texting their tips to 274637
(CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls
and messages are kept confi dential.
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