Number of Bank Robberies in Long Island On the Increase

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Last October, a man wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap and gloves passed a threatening note to a teller at an HSBC branch on Middle Neck Road in Great Neck.

The alleged culprit, Stephen Trantel, made off with about $2,000 but was later caught and arrested for robbery. He was also charged with robbing a Fleet Bank in East Rockaway.

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Number of Bank Robberies in Long Island On the Increase

While the idea of bank robberies may evoke big-screen images of lofty schemes to make off with bagfuls of loot, bulletproof vest- clad law officers and strident sirens, most are like those police said Trantel attempted: low-profile, one-man shows.

They're also happening more often. About...

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