Safari hat bandit wanted in Rotterdam bank robbery
By JIMMY VIELKIND, Staff writer Last updated: 10:03 p.m., Wednesday, August 13, 2008
ROTTERDAM -- Police are searching for a man who robbed a bank on Altamont Avenue earlier Wednesday.
The suspect entered the Citizens Bank at 1725 Altamont Ave. around 3 p.m., displayed a handgun and demanded money, police said. The teller complied by turning over an undisclosed amount of cash to the robber who was last seen fleeing on foot through an adjoining yard.
Police described the suspect as a 6-feet-tall white man with a medium build who is between the ages of 25 and 30 and has a scar on the left side of his face. He is clean-shaven, and was last seen wearing a dark jacket and a tan safari-type hat with a drawstring.
Anyone with information is asked to call Rotterdam Police at 355-7421.
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Oh, this was in the Times Union ... heh, I thought the Schenectady paper would have picked this up first. Guess not. Wonder if it'll be in print tomorrow or Friday? Anyone wanna take bets?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
It HAS to. I mean really, with all the flow of cash going from Rotterdam to the city, there has to be SOMETHING coming back this way...and this is what we get.
Oh, this was in the Times Union ... heh, I thought the Schenectady paper would have picked this up first. Guess not. Wonder if it'll be in print tomorrow or Friday? Anyone wanna take bets?
WOW!! All bow in awe to the mighty investigative powers of the TU!! They must have done a lot of work on this one...I mean...the fax machine this press release came in on must have been at least 20 feet away...
I don't think he was praising the TU as much as he was lamenting the fact that we had to find out what's happening here from an Albany paper. Regardless of what it states, the TU seems to do more stories on Albany and even Rensselaer county than it does in this area of Schenectady county (Rotterdam, Princetown, and Duanesburg). If we have to count on an Albany paper for our hometown news, we'll be severely lacking potentially important information. This is why a forum such as this is essential for our community.
WOW!! All bow in awe to the mighty investigative powers of the TU!! They must have done a lot of work on this one...I mean...the fax machine this press release came in on must have been at least 20 feet away...
ROTTERDAM — A man robbed the Citizens Bank on Wednesday afternoon. Police said a white man about 6 feet tall entered the bank at 1725 Altamont Ave. at about 3 p.m. He displayed what appeared to be a dark-colored semiautomatic handgun and demanded money from the teller. He then left the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of money and was last seen in a yard adjoining the bank. The man was 25 to 30 years old, clean shaven, wearing a dark colored jacket, tan safari-type hat with drawstring, dark colored sunglasses and dark pants. He may have had a scar on the left side of his face. He was also carrying a dark laptop-type carry bag. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Rotterdam Police Department Detective Division at 355-7421.
Guess their investigative reporters were also on duty...
WOW!! All bow in awe to the mighty investigative powers of the TU Gazette!! They must have done a lot of work on this one...I mean...the fax machine this press release came in on must have been at least 20 feet away...
Rotterdam police release surveillance images from robbery Updated: 08/16/2008 08:27 AM By: Web Staff
ROTTERDAM, N.Y. -- Rotterdam police continue to investigate an armed robbery at the Citizens Bank on Altamont Avenue. They've released surveillance images from the robbery and are asking for the public's help.
Police said a man walked into the bank shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday and demanded money from the teller at gunpoint. He got away with an unknown amount of cash.
He is described as 25 to 30 years old with a medium build and he might have a scar or a mark on the left side of his face.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Rotterdam police.
That would be one ugly woman! And I don't know if that is hair or the ends of a scarf behind the hat.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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And I don't know if that is hair or the ends of a scarf behind the hat.
