Patience got the bank robber nabbed.

A man in a tan suit walked into a First Union Bank branch at 1710 S. Andrews Ave. Monday afternoon and handed a bank teller a note demanding money and threatening to explode a pipe bomb he claimed to be carrying, police said.

The teller asked the man to wait a moment. He obliged, patiently standing in line with other customers.

The moment turned into a full 20 minutes.

By the time the teller handed the man about $1,500 stuffed in a large cloth bank bag, more than a dozen Fort Lauderdale police officers were waiting outside.

The man walked out of the bank at 2:15 p.m., with the money bag in hand. He took off when he saw the police. But he couldn't outrun the department's four-legged officer, a German shepherd named "Gary."

Police handcuffed the man, identified as David W. Hindmarsh, 19, address unknown. The money was returned to the bank. Gary, a six-year veteran, got a pat on his furry head and a resounding "Good Boy" from colleagues.

The suspect was taken to Broward General Medical Center on the way to jail to be treated for a minor bite to his leg.

No pipe bomb was found.

As for the unusual bust?

"It was just that plain," said Detective Clinton Ward. "He was asked to wait and he waited."