Crime & Safety

Man Robs $5K From Bed-Stuy Bank: Cops

The man walked into Carver Federal Savings Bank on Fulton Street in broad daylight and demanded cash, police said.

The man walked into Carver Federal Savings Bank on Fulton Street in broad daylight and demanded cash, police said.
The man walked into Carver Federal Savings Bank on Fulton Street in broad daylight and demanded cash, police said. (NYPD.)

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Cops are searching for a man who robbed a Fulton Street bank in broad daylight on Thursday.

The man walked into Carver Federal Savings Bank just before 9 a.m. and passed a note to a 22-year-old teller demanding cash, police said.

The teller complied and gave the man $5,000. He fled the bank going west on Fulton Street, police said.

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Cops released photos of the man taken on surveillance video at the bank:

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

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