Armed Man Robs Nassau Bank, Has Tellers Fill Bag With Cash

Nassau police are searching for an armed man that robbed a bank in Hewlett on Monday afternoon.

According to police, a man armed with a handgun entered BNB Bank at 1218 Broadway at 3:37 p.m. and announced that he was robbing the bank. The man demanded the tellers fill a brown backpack with cash. The tellers complied, and then the man fled on foot to a car waiting in the parking lot.

There were four employees and no customers in the bank at the time of the robbery. no one was injured.

The robber was a black man in his early 20s, 5 feet, 5 inches to 5 feet, 7 inches tall. He was wearing a black T-shirt, dark sweatpants, white sneakers and a red baseball cap with a white letter "C" on it.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding this crime to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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