Man In Wheelchair Robs New York Bank, Gets Away

Police on Tuesday were searching for a man in a
wheelchair who is suspected of robbing a New York
bank and rolling out of the building with $1,200
cash to make a clean getaway.
The man, who wore a gray hoodie and appeared
to be about 30 years old according to
surveillance video, is accused of passing a note
to a Santander Bank teller in the New York City
borough of Queens on Monday afternoon and
demanding money, a New York Police
Department spokesman said.
Despite never showing a gun to bank workers,
the man was not intercepted as he exited the
bank in his wheelchair with the loot. No
arrests have been made. The New York
incident is not the first time a person in a
wheelchair has robbed a bank.
A 60-year-old Idaho man in a wheelchair was
arrested last year for holding up a First Federal
Bank, stopped by police while attempting to
flee the robbery scene in a taxi cab. In 2010, a
terminally ill California man in a wheelchair
hoping to get medical care in prison held up a
Chase Bank with a BB gun. He was arrested
outside the building and was sentenced to 21
years’ incarceration.