Chase Bank Robbed in Hastings, Thief Escapes

A  branch on Warburton Avenue in Hastings was robbed just before 9 a.m. on Friday, Hastings Police Chief David Bloomer confirmed.

Police said a large sum of money was forcibly taken, but would not divulge the dollar amount at this time.

"At around 9 this morning, somebody came in and said, 'Somebody's robbing the bank,'" said Dawn Gonzales, who works at the Manor Market deli across the street. "I saw the guy come out of the bank wearing camouflage and had a hood on. He made a right into the parking lot and disappeared. The cops just missed him."

Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County and Metro North police are still searching for the perpetrator and are currently interviewing witnesses at the scene.

Patch sports contributor Danny Lopiore was a customer at the time of the robbery.  "Another customer and I were confronted by the person who robbed the Chase bank," he said. "He fled through the ban parking area toward Spring Street leaving $10 bills in his path—I followed along Warburton Avenue in the same direction and met police at Warburton and Spring."

Lopiore said another bystander told him the thief had had a gun. "I did not see it though," Lopiore said. 

According to Bloomer, "It has been more than six years since a bank has been robbed in Hastings."

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