SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (1010 WINS) — A man robbed a Suffolk County bank minutes after he tried but failed to rob another, police said.
The thief demanded cash from a teller at Bethpage Federal Credit Union on Route 109 in East Farmingdale at 9:42 a.m. The teller refused to comply with the man's demands, and the man fled the bank on foot.
Twenty minutes later, the man passed a teller a note demanding cash at Bethpage Federal Credit Union at Walt Whitman Road in Melville, police said.
That teller complied with the man's demands and the man fled on foot.
Anyone with information on these incidents to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-6555.
