Crime & Safety
Man Robs Upper West Side Bank, Gets Away With $1K: Police
The robber walked into an UWS bank on Tuesday and passed a note to an employee demanding money, according to police.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police are looking for a man who successfully robbed a Chase Bank Tuesday on the Upper West Side.
The robber walked into the Chase Bank on 2824 Broadway, between West 109th and 110th Streets, at 1 p.m., and approached a bank teller — before passing the employee a note demanding money, according to police.
The teller handed over $1,000, which the man took and quickly fled with, police said.
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NYPD released a picture Wednesday of a man wanted in connection to the incident.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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