Crime & Safety

Woman Tries Robbing Suffolk Bank; Flees On Motorcycle: Police

She demanded cash from the teller, who did not comply, police say.

A woman tried to rob a Chase Bank in Yaphank on Monday morning, Suffolk police said.
A woman tried to rob a Chase Bank in Yaphank on Monday morning, Suffolk police said. (Google Maps)

YAPHANK, NY — A woman tried to rob a Yaphank bank on Monday morning, Suffolk police said.

A woman entered Chase Bank, at 128 Main Street, and passed a note to a teller demanding cash around 10 a.m., police said. The teller did not comply, and the woman got on the back of a waiting motorcycle, which drove east on Main Street, police said.

The woman was wearing a facemask and a motorcycle helmet, police said.

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Detectives asked anyone with information on the robbery to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-
6555 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

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