Police are looking for three men wanted for hitting up three banks across Queens over the past two weeks.
The thieves allegedly targeted banks in Glendale, Jamaica Hills and Woodhaven between Dec. 26 and Wednesday, Jan 3, cops said.
The most recent incident took place at around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 3, when the three men targeted the Chase bank branch located at 51-15 Metropolitan Ave. in Glendale. According to police, one of the men acted as a lookout, while the two other men approached a teller window and passed a note demanding cash, police said. They allegedly got spooked and left the bank empty-handed running off westbound on Troutman Avenue.
One day earlier, two of the men targeted a Citibank located at 89-50 164th St. in Jamaica Hills within the confines of the 103rd Precinct. After entering just after noon on Tuesday, Jan. 2, one of the men passed a note to a teller demanding cash but instead grabbed approximately $1,800 in cash from a customer who was depositing cash at the bank, police said. The suspects fled the location on foot, traveling southbound on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard.
Investigators believe the same two men struck one week earlier in the 102nd Precinct, when they entered a Chase bank located at 96-19 101st Ave. in Woodhaven just before noon on Tuesday, Dec. 26. One of the men allegedly passed a note to a teller demanding cash. The teller complied handing over approximately $4,550 in cash, police said. The men fled the bank on foot traveling northbound on 95th Street toward Woodhaven Boulevard.
There were no injuries stemming from any of the robberies.
The NYPD released surveillance images of the three men who targeted the Chase bank in Glendale. According to police, all three suspects have light complexions, with the men who went to the teller window dressed in all black while the third man wore a blue hooded sweatshirt and face covering and blue jeans. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website, on Twitter @NYPDTips.
