Man Made Bomb Threats During Upper East Side Bank Robbery: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police are trying to identify a suspect in a bank robbery that occurred at an Upper East Side bank last month.

The man entered the Chase branch on 201 E, 79 St., between 2nd and 3rd avenues, around 5:19 on Oct. 3 and told the bank teller that he had a bomb, police told Patch. He then demanded money from the teller, who complied, and fled the bank with an unknown amount of cash, police said.

The man was captured on bank surveillance cameras wearing a white baseball cap which covers his face. Police described the man as in his 30s, standing about 6-feet-tall and with a beard.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.

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