Cops investigate Rocky Point bank robbery
Suffolk police are searching for a man who they say robbed the Capital One Bank in Rocky Point on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The suspect is described as 25 to 30 years old, 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-11 with a thin build. Credit: SCPD
Police are investigating the robbery Wednesday morning of a Rocky Point bank.
The robbery occurred at 9:35 a.m. at Capital One Bank, 366 Route 25A, Suffolk County police said.
A man approached the teller and demanded cash, and the teller complied, police said. The suspect fled.
The robber was described as 25 to 30 years old, 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-11 with a thin build.
"He was wearing blue jeans and a flannel shirt over a gray hooded-sweatshirt," police said in a news release.
Anyone with information about the robbery is urged to anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Pattern Crime Unit detectives are investigating the case.
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