Man Nabs $14K In Cobble Hill Bank Robbery, Police Say

COBBLE HILL, NY — A robber with a "Security" hat threatened workers at a Smith Street bank to steal nearly $14,000 in cash last week, police said.

The man walked into the Chase Bank, at 192 Smith St., on Friday and asked a worker to speak with a manager at about 5:43 p.m., the NYPD said.

When the teller finished with another customer, the robber put his hand in a brown messenger bag, demanded to be let into the tellers' area and threatened to shoot the worker if they didn't, police said.

The robber got $13,594 in cash from one teller station and $7 from another before he ran away on foot northbound on Smith Street then eastbound on Warren Street, police said.

Police described the suspect as about 5-feet 5-inches tall with a slim build and black and gray hair.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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