Police Ask For Help Finding Brookline Bank Robber

Brookline MA

18 November, 2020

4:44 PM

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BROOKLINE, MA — Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man caught on camera robbing a bank in the St. Mary's neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. "Our Department is investigating a bank robbery that just occurred at the Brookline Bank, 1016 Beacon Street," police said in a statement. Tuesday just before 2 p.m. a man walked into the Brookline Bank on Beacon Street in St. Mary's neighborhood, slid the bank tellers a note demanding money and indicated he had a gun. Based on the bank employees description and surveillance footage, police said he was a slim white or Latinx in his 40s and about 5'8 wearing a hoodie and a blue hat with a white logo. They said he walked off toward Boston and Park Drive. Surveillance footage shows him walking across Beacon Street carrying a bag. Police did not say how much, if any money he walked off with. Police are asking anyone with information about the man to call them at (617) 730-2244. Google Maps Jenna Fisher is a news reporter for Patch. Got a tip? She can be reached at [email protected] or by calling 617-942-0474. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram (@ReporterJenna). Have a something you'd like posted on the Patch? Here's how .