Police: Man armed with shotgun tried to rob bank

A man is accused of trying to rob a Hempstead bank armed with a shotgun. Nassau police say Prince Conteh, of Massachusetts, walked into the Bank of America branch on Main Street just before noon Saturday.

News 12 Staff

Jul 10, 2016, 5:57 PM

Updated 3,017 days ago

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A man is accused of trying to rob a Hempstead bank armed with a shotgun.
Nassau police say Prince Conteh, of Massachusetts, walked into the Bank of America branch on Main Street just before noon Saturday.
They say he left empty-handed, then crashed his getaway car into a police cruiser and took off on foot.
He was apprehended a short time later.