Greenburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Duo Steal Money From Woman At Bank In Greenburgh: Police Duo Steal Money From Woman At Bank In Greenburgh: Police
Duo Steal Money From Woman At Bank In Greenburgh: Police Police are searching for a duo accused of stealing an envelope of money from a woman at a bank in Westchester County.  On Monday, Nov. 7 around 11:30 a.m., shortly after a woman made a withdrawal at the Chase Bank in Greenburgh at 409 Tarrytown Rd. (Route 119), she was approached in her vehicle by a Hispanic man and woman who were holding money that they claimed the woman had dropped, police said.  The woman then got out of her car to inspect the money that the duo had claimed was on the ground, and when she got back in her vehicle, she noticed that the envelope containing her wit…

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by Ben Crnic
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Resident, 69, Charged With Robbing Bank Right Down The Street Teaneck Resident, 69, Charged With Robbing Bank Right Down The Street
Teaneck Resident, 69, Charged With Robbing Bank Right Down The Street GOTCHA! A man who robbed a Teaneck bank of several thousand dollars lives right up the block, authorities said after he was taken into custody a short time later. Leo Richard Jones Jr., 69, was dressed all in black when he passed a note "threatening bodily injury" to a teller at the Chase Bank on Cedar Lane shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, Teaneck Deputy Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. No weapon was shown, the deputy chief said. A bank employee dialed 911 as Jones ran up the street toward the Cedar Lane garden apartment complex where he lives (at right in photo above), McGurr sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Resident, 69, Robbed Bank Right Down The Block: Authorities Teaneck Resident, 69, Robbed Bank Right Down The Block: Authorities
Teaneck Resident, 69, Robbed Bank Right Down The Block: Authorities GOTCHA! A man who robbed a Teaneck bank of several thousand dollars lives right up the block, authorities said after he was taken into custody a short time later. Leo Richard Jones Jr., 69, was dressed all in black when he passed a note "threatening bodily injury" to a teller at the Chase Bank on Cedar Lane shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, Teaneck Deputy Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. No weapon was shown, the deputy chief said. A bank employee dialed 911 as Jones ran up the street toward the Cedar Lane garden apartment complex where he lives (at right in photo below), McGurr sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newburgh, NY
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Running Truck Found Chained To ATM In Hudson Valley, Police Say Running Truck Found Chained To ATM In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Running Truck Found Chained To ATM In Hudson Valley, Police Say Police found a running pickup truck with a chain attached to an ATM machine at Hudson Valley bank, but not the suspect or the missing cash.  The incident took place in Orange County around 5 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the Chase Bank at 12 Lloyds Lane, the town of Wallkill. Town of Wallkill Police officers responded to a report of a “larceny” at the Chase Bank but when they arrived, the officers found a running, abandoned pickup truck with a chain attached to the tow hitch and the front fascia of the ATM, said Lt. Robert McLymore, of the Wallkill Police.  An undeter…

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by Kathy Reakes
Fort Lee, NJ
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‘Walkout’ Thieves Continue To Victimize Area Bank Customers, Fort Lee Police Nab Four ‘Walkout’ Thieves Continue To Victimize Area Bank Customers, Fort Lee Police Nab Four
‘Walkout’ Thieves Continue To Victimize Area Bank Customers, Fort Lee Police Nab Four Plainclothed Fort Lee detectives captured a group of “walk out” thieves who’d been following bank customers and distracting them long enough to steal their money and other valuables, authorities said. Law enforcement agencies throughout the region have been kept busy by the thieves, who blend in with the local citizenry and identify people making large cash withdrawals from their banks, Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said. They then employ various distraction tactics – puncturing tires, for instance – or simply follow victims to their homes and burglarize the residences when nobody’s ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
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REWARD OFFERED: 'World War II' Robber Hits Two NJ Banks, Flees On Motorcycle REWARD OFFERED: 'World War II' Robber Hits Two NJ Banks, Flees On Motorcycle
Reward Offered: 'World War II' Robber Hits Two NJ Banks, Flees On Motorcycle A motorcycle-riding bank robber in an unusual get-up got nothing on his first try but succeeded on his second this week, according to the FBI in Newark, which sought the public's help identifying him. There's a reward in it, authorities said. The robber hit banks barely eight miles and just over two weeks apart -- the most recent when he made off with an undisclosed amount of cash from the Chase Bank branch on Route 27 in Franklin Park just after 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, the FBI reported. This came after a teller at the TD Bank branch on Nassau Street in Princeton locked the cash drawers a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Darien, CT
Police & Fire
Man Charged With ID Theft, Forgery After Incident At Bank In Darien Man Charged With ID Theft, Forgery After Incident At Bank In Darien
Man Charged With ID Theft, Forgery After Incident At Bank In Darien A Fairfield County man is facing forgery and identity theft charges after police said he tried to make a fraudulent transaction at a bank. Christopher Johnson, age 54, of Norwalk, was arrested at about 3:20 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, on charges stemming from an incident that happened in Darien in 2020, the Darien Police Department announced on Wednesday, Aug. 24. Officers responded to Chase Bank, located at 165 Noroton Ave. in Darien at about 1:40 p.m. on Sept. 26, 2020, after receiving a report about an attempted fraudulent transaction, police said. An employee said the man, later identifie…

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by Nicole Valinote
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Robs Somerset County Bank Motorcyclist Robs Somerset County Bank
Motorcyclist Robs Somerset County Bank Authorities in Somerset County are looking for a bank robber who demanded money from multiple tellers then fled on a motorcycle. The incident happened around 2:05 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 22 at the Chase Bank on Route 27 in Franklin Park, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. The bank tellers ultimately turned over an undisclosed amount of cash to the male based on his demands and he subsequently fled the store on a motorcycle. The male suspect was described as approximately 5’6” wearing black shoes, black pants, black shirt, black mask and a black motorcycle helmet and goggle…

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Duo On Loose After Attempting To Steal ATM From Massapequa Bank, Police Say Duo On Loose After Attempting To Steal ATM From Massapequa Bank, Police Say
Duo On Loose After Attempting To Steal ATM From Massapequa Bank, Police Say Police are searching for two men who allegedly tried to steal an ATM from a Long Island bank overnight. The two, while in a 2001 white Ford F250, drove up to the Chase Bank in Massapequa, located at 6 Carmans Road, Nassau County Police said.  They then tied the ATM to the back of the pickup truck and successfully displaced it from its original location, severely damaging it, according to police.  They were unable to remove any money from the ATM before fleeing the scene, police said.  Officers located the empty pickup truck near the intersection of Sunrise Mall and Sunrise…

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by Joe Lombardi
Shelton, CT
Police & Fire
Man Charged For Bank Robbery In Shelton, Remains Suspect In Several Others Man Charged For Bank Robbery In Shelton, Remains Suspect In Several Others
Man Charged For Bank Robbery In Shelton, Remains Suspect In Several Others A Fairfield County man has been charged with the robbery of a Chase Bank and is a suspect in several other robberies. Ramion Baker, age 41, of Bridgeport was arrested on Wednesday, May 25, in connection to a 2021 Chase Bank robbery in Shelton, said Det. Richard Bango, of the Shelton Police. On Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, the Chase Bank located at 675 Bridgeport Ave., in Shelton was robbed by a masked man that handed the teller a note demanding cash, Bango said. Stratford and Waterford experienced similar Chase Bank robberies in the same time frame and Baker was identified as…

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by Kathy Reakes
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
90-Second ATM Snatch Leaves Cash Strewn Across NJ Chase Bank Parking Lot: Reports 90-Second ATM Snatch Leaves Cash Strewn Across NJ Chase Bank Parking Lot: Reports
90-Second ATM Snatch Leaves Cash Strewn Across NJ Chase Bank Parking Lot: Reports Ninety seconds is all the time it took for thieves to pull an ATM from a Chase Bank in New Jersey, leaving  an abundance of cash strewn across the parking lot, NBC-NY reports. The cash was stolen from an ATM at the Chase Bank on Route 1 in South Brunswick overnight on Thursday, April 28, local police said on social media. ACTIVE INVESTIGATION - Police are investigating theft at the Chase Bank on Route 1 overnight. Suspects stole large amount of cash from ATM. pic.twitter.com/QBQNJoWWip — So Brunswick PD (@SoBrunswickPD) April 28, 2022 It was estimated to be in the tens of thousands of …

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by Jon Craig
Englewood, NJ
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NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note
NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note A Bergen County dad whose car was stolen with his 11-year-old son still in the back seat said he desperately chased the speeding vehicle on foot terrified by the thought that he'd never see his boy again. Then came a moment of what he suspects was divine intervention. Now Daniel Reiser hopes others can learn from his ordeal. The youngster was "wet and frozen" from a morning soccer game when they pulled into the parking lot of the Chase Bank on County Road near Central Avenue in Tenafly around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2, Reiser said. "I went into the ATM vestibule just a few feet in…

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by Jerry DeMarco