THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this video who they say is sought in connection to a bank robbery that occurred at 3899 Sedgwick Avenue in the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Video courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo and video who they say is sought in connection with a bank robbery that occurred in Van Cortlandt Village.

 

They said that on Monday, Aug. 5, at around 2.47 p.m., an unidentified person entered Ridgewood Savings Bank, located at 3899 Sedgwick Avenue in Van Cortlandt Village, and approached a 20-year-old female victim.

 

They said the suspect passed a note to the victim demanding $20,000 and in the end stole around $478, before fleeing the location. They said he fled on foot, traveling southbound on Sedgwick Avenue and that no injuries were reported as a result of the incident.

They said the suspect is described as male, has a slim build and a light complexion. They said he was last seen wearing a blue baseball hat, sunglasses, a light blue, button-down shirt, light blue shorts, white sneakers, and was carrying a black, cross body bag.

 

Norwood News has reached out to Ridgewood Savings Bank for comment and will share any updates we receive.

 

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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.