COPIAGUE, N.Y. (AP) - June 25, 2008
Police say a man walked into a Washington Mutual Bank on Merrick
Road in Copiague (COH-Payg) about 10:02 a.m. Tuesday and passed a
note to a teller announcing a robbery and demanding cash. The
teller complied, handing over some money along with a dye pack.
Police say the pack exploded as the man fled, causing him to
drop the cash - but not before his clothes were stained red.
A witness told responding officers of a man fitting the robber's
description getting into a cab. Police tracked the passenger to his
home where officers arrested him after noticing red dye on his
clothes.
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