Giants Fan Robs Upper West Side Bank: Police

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police are searching for a man who robbed a Chase bank Friday afternoon on the Upper West Side.

The man entered the Chase bank branch on Broadway near West 90th Street and handed a bank teller a note that demanded money, police told Patch. The teller complied, and the man fled the bank in an unknown direction, police said. The robbery occurred around 12:05 p.m., police said.

The suspect was wearing a New York Giants sweatshirt, sunglasses, a winter hat and pink gloves during the robbery, police said. Police described the suspect as a man in his 30s standing around 5-foot-10 with a medium build.

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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