Merely Show Me You Have Money!
It wasn’t the most cerebral bank robbery scheme ever hatched — a homeless man with a knapsack in his hands walked into a Richmond County Savings Bank branch in Eltingville Tuesday morning and shouted, “Give me the money!”
And when the bank employees wouldn’t give him anything, cops say he left.
Police caught up with the suspect, 35-year-old Yamil Almedina-Torres, minutes later, just down the block from the 4523 Amboy Rd. branch.
And yes, that counts as attempted robbery:
Posted: June 13th, 2008 | Filed under: See, The Thing Is Was . . ., Staten IslandWhen they searched him, he had a small baggie of pot on his person, cops allege.
Almedina-Torres, who gave Project Hospitality’s Homeless Drop In Center on Central Avenue in St. George as his address, was charged with third-degree attempted robbery and unlawful possession of marijuana.
