Crime & Safety
Police: HSBC Bank Robbed
Subject was not armed but made off with $900, Lynbrook officers say.
on Atlantic Avenue in Lynbrook was robbed on Thursday afternoon, village police reported.
According to police, an unknown subject entered the bank at about 3:55 p.m., his face covered by a black stocking. Police said the unarmed subject demanded money before reaching over the glass partition at a teller window and stealing $900 in cash. The subject then ran out of the bank and fled southbound on Atlantic Avenue.
Police described the subject as a male white, 5'6" tall, 150 pounds, and dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt with red markings.
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