MERRICK, NY — It's a time-honored tradition in bank heist history: The crook hands the teller a note demanding money, and the teller forks over the loot. But a teller in New York went off script Thursday when she ripped up the demand note, and thanks to her, the bad guy left empty-handed.

According to Nassau, Long Island, police, the man pictured above entered the TD Bank at 2260 Merrick Road, approached a teller and handed her a demand note that stated that he had a gun, on Thursday around 5:40 p.m.



After the teller tore up the note and threw it out, the man, who was described as 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9, clean shaven, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses and gloves, fled the bank without any proceeds and was last seen heading through the parking lot, police said.