New York Bank Teller Scares Off Robber
27/09/2008 05:23
By asking: 'Are you
serious?'CENTEREACH, N.Y. - Police say a bank teller in Long Island, N.Y., had a simple question for a would-be robber: Are you serious?
The teller's question was apparently enough to spook the female suspect, who fled the Roslyn Savings Bank on Thursday afternoon without a dime.
Police say the suspect walked into the bank located inside a supermarket in Centereach, N.Y., and gave the teller a note in which she threaten to open fire if she didn't hand over her cash.
That's when the teller expressed her crime-fighting dubiousness and asked if the suspect was serious.
Police say the woman left without ever showing a gun.
They say she is also a suspect in a robbery Tuesday at the Bank of Smithtown, also in Centereach, a Long Island town about 80 kilometres east of New York City.
SINC SAYS:
Given the "cash stash" used at banks these days, why do dumb crooks insist on trying? They could get more dough holding up a grocery store.