Police: Attempted Robbery at Farmingville Chase Bank

Police are investigating an attempted robbery at a Chase Bank in Farmingville Tuesday afternoon.

Police said the 911 call came in around 2 p.m. after a man entered the bank, located at 2430 North Ocean Ave., approached a teller and displayed a note demanding cash.

When the teller did not immediately comply with the demand, the man fled on foot in an unknown direction.from the bank located at at the corner of Horseblock Road.

The robber is described as a black male, between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-5, with a thin build. He was wearing a black jacket, sunglasses and a white baseball hat at the time of the robbery, police said. 

The robbery comes less than a week after a man attempted to rob two Medford banks.