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POLICE LOOKING FOR WOMAN IN ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY

August 4, 2016 | 9:19 AM - Updated on June 5, 2022 | 11:30 PM
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Police are looking for the woman shown above for an attempted bank robbery on Tuesday at the Chase Bank on Broadway and 79th Street. It looks like she’s holding a tote bag (at least it’s not plastic!).

It was reported to the police that on Tuesday, August, 2, 2016, at 1330 hours the individual entered the Chase bank located at 2219 Broadway and passed a note to the bank teller demanding money. The bank teller didn’t comply and the individual fled the location on foot in an unknown direction.

The individual is a female, White, approximately 45-years of age, 5’5″, long straight black hair, light complexion, last seen wearing a black dress and black shoes.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782)

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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Sean
Sean
8 years ago

Is she on drugs?

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joe
joe
8 years ago

Wow, Bonnie Parker lives.
Seriously, I guess because we see these stories every day, and it is common knowledge that bank tellers are instructed to comply with these robbery notes, more people feel emboldened to simply write a note and get away with 1000s of dollars. All you need is a piece of paper, a pen and some nerves… I wonder what % of these criminals are caught. I imagine the guy who is on a spree eventually gets caught, but a one-off in a disguise?

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Lisa
Lisa
8 years ago

“She’s holding a tote bag (at least it’s not plastic!)”

Hahaha! Thanks for the laugh this morning.

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Mark
Mark
8 years ago

Maybe she thought that was part of PokemonGo.

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McBratton
McBratton
8 years ago

Finally – some equality in this wicked world! Not enough women robbing banks. Clear gender bias.

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Publicis
Publicis
8 years ago
Reply to  McBratton

She asked for $1,000, but the teller handed over only $790.

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jokeyjokester
jokeyjokester
8 years ago
Reply to  Publicis

Taxes and fees

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Christine E
Christine E
8 years ago
Reply to  jokeyjokester

No joking matter, jokeyjokester! Women demand equal pay for equal work! If you can call bank robbery a profession.

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jokeyjokester
jokeyjokester
8 years ago
Reply to  Christine E

Agreed! Apparently, they caught her upstate or in CT. She used to live on 72nd Street near CPW and was evicted. (A doorman gave me the scoop the night before when a photographer was snapping pics of the apt building.)

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Carl
Carl
8 years ago
Reply to  McBratton

This woman can rob me anytime. Just sayin’.

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Cyrus
Cyrus
8 years ago
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Ew

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Kindly Dr Dave
Kindly Dr Dave
8 years ago

Welcome to the “Trump TerrorDome.” Fear of the oncoming Trumpaclypse is driving normal folk to go back to the survival modes of the 1930’s. No one had any money because of the misshapen political perspectives, so, as Willy Loman said, “I rob banks, because that’s where the money is.” Prediction: Soon, a woman with a stroller will be so desperate for food (of course, we know she can’t afford shelter), that she will try this desperate gesture to survive. Welcome Trumpsters to your DOOMdome.

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Ruby in Gotham
Ruby in Gotham
8 years ago
Reply to  Kindly Dr Dave

Willy Loman might have robbed banks if sales were way down, but in the meantime Willy Sutton did those evil deeds.

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Steven
Steven
8 years ago
Reply to  Kindly Dr Dave

I think you mean Willie Sutton.

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Bob Lamm
Bob Lamm
8 years ago
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Willy Loman robbing banks? Maybe it was Willie Mays? Willie Nelson? 🙂

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wombatNYC
wombatNYC
8 years ago

Ruth Gordon ?

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B.B.
B.B.
8 years ago
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Too tall and far too well nourished to ever be Ruth Gordon. Vivian Vance perhaps.

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B.B.
B.B.
8 years ago

Not exactly the brightest blub in the box; I mean at least the others wear masks/wigs/fake beards, etc…. You *KNOW* there are cameras everywhere inside banks.

My guess is this woman was driven to an impulse act out of desperation. Maybe she heard about the many other such robberies/ID thefts that remain unsolved to date and figured she’d give it a shot.

I mean you don’t get many white middle-aged women pulling bank jobs these days.

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Lucien
Lucien
8 years ago
Reply to  B.B.

That could be a disguise. There are silicon masks that from a security camera that looks very real.

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nyc10023
nyc10023
8 years ago

Jessica Lange for sure.

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John
John
8 years ago

She looks like an Eastside woman

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Ctp
Ctp
8 years ago

Her tote bag logo is so familiar is it Albee Baby Carriage?

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meridith
meridith
8 years ago

where are there cobblestones on the UWS?

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ehtiyot
ehtiyot
8 years ago

Looks like Vivian Ward, dress and all

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B.B.
B.B.
8 years ago

Update of sorts!

An arrest has been made in a bank robbery in Greenwich, Conn. Could this be the same person?

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/08/05/nyc-lawyer-robs-greenwich-bank/

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Ethan
Ethan
8 years ago

“I am pointing a gub at you.”

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west side walking
west side walking
8 years ago

So many naked stories in the city.

This one is fully dressed, sensible hair, sensible shoes.

Not happy.

A failure at her first bank heist.

What is next?

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Sean
Sean
8 years ago

Wait until her co-op board hears about this.

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whatsupduck
whatsupduck
8 years ago

Patty Hearst is looking well these days!

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