Woman Attempts to Rob Upper East Side Bank: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY - Police are searching for a woman who tried and failed Monday to rob a bank on the Upper East Side.

The alleged would-be robber entered a Chase branch on East 86th Street near 2nd avenue around 4:45 p.m. and handed a teller a note demanding money, police told Patch. The unfazed teller simply walked away from the window, causing the woman to flee the bank, police said.

The suspect is described as a white woman in her 30s, police said. At the time of the attempted robbery the woman was wearing glasses, a black knit hat a black jacket and black gloves.

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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