Police hope great pictures lead to arrest

Nassau County police are hoping crystal-clear surveillance photos will lead to the arrest of a man who robbed the Citizens Bank branch on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown on Tuesday.

A color photograph shows the suspect entering the bank, inside a Stop & Shop supermarket. Two black-and-white photos show the man, who has close-cropped hair and is wearing a black jacket and sunglasses, talking to a bank teller.

"They're certainly good quality," a police spokesman said. "You couldn't ask for better."

Police said the man went to the counter at 12:15 p.m. and "made a verbal demand to the teller." Police said that after being handed an undisclosed amount of cash, the suspect left through the doors of the supermarket.

Two employees and a customer were in the bank at the time, but no one was injured.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.