Manhattan Serial Bank Robber Strikes for the 7th Time: Police

A bank robber that's hit locations on the Upper West Side, Murray Hill and the West Village struck for the seventh time Friday — this time on the Upper East Side.

At around 2:45 p.m. Friday the robber entered an HSBC bank on 45 East 89th Street and handed the teller a note demanding money, police told Patch. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash from the teller the robber ran out of the bank and fled the location, police said.

Police believe that the suspect in Friday's bank robbery is also wanted for six others across Manhattan. The previous robbery took place exactly two weeks prior to Friday's robbery at a HSBC Bank located at 721 Amsterdam Avenue.

The man — seen in surveillance footage wearing sunglasses and a different type of hat in each robbery — began his robbery spree on March 8 at a Santander Bank on 250 Lexington Avenue. His routine is the same each time. He'll approach the teller and slide over a note demanding money.

The man also hit a Santander Bank on 711 Third Avenue on May 12 and fled with an undetermined amount of money. He robbed an HSBC Bank at 354 Avenue of the Americas in the West Village on May 31. He robbed a different HSBC Bank at 2025 Broadway on the Upper West Side on June 13.

In a sixth incident on May 27, he approached a teller at a Santander Bank at 250 Lexington Avenue — the same bank he robbed initially — and handed over a note, but fled before receiving any money.

The man has now robbed 3 Santander Banks and 4 HSBC banks in four different neighborhoods in Manhattan.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

[Photo: NYPD]