A bank robbery suspect probably doesn’t think the teller he talked to was very sweet, even though he left with a handful of candy. According to the “New York Post,” the suspect walked into a New York City Chase branch last Friday and handed a note to Melinda Lewis that read, “I have a bomb. Give me some money now.” But Lewis reportedly told him that she doesn’t read notes, and asked him to fill out a withdrawal slip. After he wrote the same note on a withdrawal slip, Lewis asked him to swipe his bank card and then told a colleague in Spanish that she was being robbed. At that point, the suspect said he didn’t have time for anything else, and fled the bank after grabbing a fistful of lollipops from a bowl on Lewis’ desk.
It was the beginning of a low-yielding spree for the loser, who walked away from three other heists with less than $300, the sources said.
He tried the same stunt at a 35th Street Fed Ex office, where he made off with a paltry $50.
He later resurfaced at a Modell’s sporting goods store in Brooklyn, where he grabbed a baseball cap, placed it on a counter at the register, and handed a cashier a note that read: “I have a bomb and a weapon, do not move, give me money now,” the sources said.
When the worker refused, the fed-up robber threw down the note in disgust and dashed out of the store.
His biggest score came an hour later, when he walked inside a SoHo IHOP and confronted a hostess, handing her a note that read, “I have a gun and a knife, give me some money, don’t move.”
He put his hand in his jacket and ordered her not to move.
A cashier forked over about $200.
(source–NYPost)
