Source: New Dorp bank robbery suspect passed note threatening of a weapon
Updated May 18, 2021;
Posted May 18, 2021
NYPD cars are stationed outside of Northfield Bank at Hylan Boulevard and Ebbitts Street in New Dorp after a call of a robbery on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A man passed a note to a Northfield Bank teller in New Dorp Tuesday morning that threatened of a weapon before fleeing with a few hundred dollars, a law enforcement source told the Advance/SILive.com.
Police responded to the bank, located at 2706 Hylan Blvd. near Ebbitts Street in the Tysens Park Shopping Center, at around 11:25 a.m., according to preliminary information from a spokeswoman for the NYPD.
NYPD: Bank robbery, attempted bank robbery occur just minutes apart in Grasmere
Updated May 11, 10:53 AM;
Posted May 10, 9:48 PM
An NYPD vehicle is parked outside the Northfield Bank branch at 1158 Hylan Blvd. in Grasmere on Monday, May 10, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Shortly after a man attempted to rob a Richmond County Savings Bank in Grasmere, a second bank location just feet away was targeted, police said.
The first incident occurred at the Richmond County Savings Bank at 1100 Hylan Boulevard just after 2:30 p.m.
An unidentified man passed a note to the teller that threatened of a firearm while demanding cash in 20 and 10 dollar bills, according to police.
Do you know this man? He’s sought for questioning in bank robbery, attempted bank heist on Hylan Blvd.
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
Police released this surveillance image of a man sought for questioning in connection with a bank robbery and attempted heist on Hylan Boulevard in Grasmere on Monday. The composite photo of the man walking down the sidewalk and leaning into the teller window is from an attempted heist at New York Community Bank at 1100 Hylan Blvd., police said. (Courtesy of NYPD)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Police circulated photos of a man sought for questioning in connection with a bank robbery and another attempted bank heist at two locations on Hylan Boulevard in Grasmere.