Cops: Rockville Centre bank robber sought
Nassau County police have released a surveillance image of a suspect they say is wanted in connection with the afternoon robbery of a TD Bank on Merrick Road in Rockville Centre. (Jan. 10, 2014) Credit: NCPD
Nassau County police said they are looking for a man who robbed a Rockville Centre bank on Friday.
At about 2:15 p.m., police said the suspect entered the TD Bank at 290 Merrick Rd., took a bank slip from the counter, wrote a note and then proceeded to the teller.
The subject handed the teller a note stating he had a gun, police said.
The teller handed over an unspecified amount of cash and then fled eastbound across Merrick Road, police said.
Police said the man wore a blue hooded sweatshirt and a Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap.
Police on Monday released a photograph of the suspect taken from video surveillance at the bank.
Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-8477 or the Robbery Squad at 516-573-8040 (refer to Robbery Squad No. 26-14).
All calls will be kept confidential.
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