A woman robbed a bank at gunpoint in Melville on Friday morning, Suffolk police said.
The robber entered the Madison National Bank branch on Walt Whitman Road, pointed a handgun at the teller and demanded money. The robber then pointed the weapon at other bank employees and told them not to notify the police while the teller complied and gave the woman cash at 8:38 a.m., according to Major Case Investigations Unit detectives. The robber left on foot and fled south on Walt Whitman Road, police said, adding that there were no customers in the bank at the time of the robbery and no one was injured.
The suspect is described as a white woman between 20 and 30 years old, about 5’7” tall with a thin to medium build. She has light-colored eyes, with very light-colored skin and reddish-brown hair that was possibly dyed. She may have a mole or birthmark on the right side of her face. She was wearing jeans, a dark-colored sweatshirt with the word “Virginia” possibly written on the front and a Mets baseball cap.
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Anyone with information concerning this robbery is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
