There was an Attempted Robbery at the Bank of America at Delancey and Ludlow Yesterday [Updated]

Posted on: July 19th, 2017 at 5:03 am by

At roughly 5pm yesterday evening, the Bank of America branch at the northwest corner of Ludlow and Delancey Streets (anchoring the Ludlow Residence) was the site of an attempted robbery.

Cops are looking for a white male wearing black t-shirt, light shorts, and a green fisherman hat, who allegedly passed the teller a note demanding money. The teller refused and the hipster bandit fled. 

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