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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Teller thwarts robbery by saying: 'Bank's closed, come back tomorrow'

A quick-thinking teller is being credited with stopping a robbery by telling a woman with a demand note that the Northwest Side bank was closed, the FBI says.

The heist was foiled last week at the Albany Bank and Trust in the 3400 block of West Lawrence Avenue, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court.

Around 5 p.m. on March 29, Olga L. Perdomo entered the bank and handed a note to a teller demanding "all of your money, no cops, no dye pack," according to the complaint.

But instead of handing over any cash, the teller told Perdomo to come back the next day.  Full Article