Police: Man In Construction Gear Tries To Rob Queens Bank
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are looking for a man dressed as a construction worker who they said tried to rob a bank in Queens.
It happened just after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at a Sussex County Bank on Astoria Boulevard.
A man wearing a hard hat, reflective vest, dust mask, gloves and dark glasses walked into the bank, pulled out a gun and demanded money, police said.
But the suspect fled empty-handed and was last seen heading west on Astoria Boulevard and then north on 27th Street.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
