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11-14-2008, 07:21 AM
Cashless Tellers Foil Bank Robbery

The Associated Press


Published: Friday, November 14, 2008 at 6:02 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 14, 2008 at 6:05 a.m.
Tellers' lack of cash thwarts Pa. bank heist

YORK, Pa. | Police say a central Pennsylvania man tried to rob a bank — but tellers' empty cash drawers thwarted his attempt.

Springettsbury Township Police Lt. Scott Laird says the tellers were waiting for their cash drawers to be filled when a man entered a Susquehanna Bank branch Thursday morning and demanded money. The first teller fainted and the next two showed him their empty cash drawers.

Laird says the robber then threatened to file a complaint with bank management before leaving.

A customer at the drive-through called 911. A 48-year-old Windsor Township man was arrested about 10 blocks away and was held in the York County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail. He is charged with criminal attempt to commit robbery.