Suffolk County Police are investigating a bank robbery that took place at in Farmingdale on Tuesday.
Police said that a robber fled on foot after displaying a handgun and demanding cash from a teller around 4:20 p.m.
Police responded with canine and aviation units. They also patrolled the perimeter of the area from Route 110 up through Main Street into the evening.
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The teller described the suspect as 5-feet, 9-inches tall with a slim build, wearing a surgical mask, gloves, sunglasses, a dark-blue long-sleeved shirt, a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark-blue pants.
Major Case Investigations Unit detectives ask anyone with information about this incident to contact them at 631-852-6295 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.
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The robbery comes days after Suffolk County Police announced the capture of Michael Walsh, a serial bank robber wanted in connection with six heists in Nassau, Suffolk and upstate.
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