Police: Man hailed cab after bank robbery
Police say a Garden City Park man robbed a bank and then tried to use a taxi as his getaway car. Authorities say Monroe Williamson robbed a Chase bank on Old Country Road near Mineola Boulevard in
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Mar 27, 2016, 5:56 PM
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Updated 3,090 days ago
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Police say a Garden City Park man robbed a bank and then tried to use a taxi as his getaway car.
Authorities say Monroe Williamson robbed a Chase bank on Old Country Road near Mineola Boulevard in Mineola on Saturday. They say he handed the teller a note demanding cash and the clerk complied.
Williamson then fled the bank and hailed a cab at a nearby taxi stand to get away, police say.
Police say Williamson, 28, was tracked down near Washington and Burr avenues and was taken into custody.
The stolen cash was recovered, authorities say.
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