Quick Change Artist Robs Bank on Lower East Side

‘Clownish’ Dressed Crook Robs Bank of $5K

The NYPD is searching for a man who robbed a bank on the Lower East Side. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Manhattan Voice

February 27, 2024 

MANHATTAN - Low-profile was not this bank robber’s MO. Cops are looking for a suspect who wore an oversized track suit and a large yellow knit cap to rob a Lower East Side bank and then ditched the disguised in the getaway.

At around 3:30 pm on January 30, the suspect walked into the Wells Fargo Bank on Clinton Street. Cops said the suspect passed a note to the teller demanding cash. 

The bank employee handed the masked man $5,000 in cash and he fled the bank. 

Cops released before and after surveillance videos. In the first set of photos the suspect was seen walking into the bank with his oversized track suit, knit cap and an empty white plastic bag. 

In the next video the suspect is seen walking away from the scene without the jacket to the track suit and without the knit cap. Instead the suspect is seen wearing a white t-shirt, sunglasses and gloves and holding a full plastic bag. 

Cops said the suspect is a male with a medium complexion with a tattoo on his left cheek. He is 5 foot 10 and 160 pounds and has a bald head. He was last seen wearing a yellow knit hat, a blue and white track suit jacket, blue and white tracksuit pants, black sneakers, and a white facemask.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.