A 33-year-old man attempted to rob six Chase bank branches across New York City in just five days but ended up with only $605 in total.
Gustavo DeJesus Torres is being sought by the NYPD after passing handwritten notes to tellers demanding cash at locations in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx between March 13 and March 17.
He managed to get money in three cases, taking $320 from a Jackson Heights branch and $265 from a Flatbush location.
But the results were minimal. At a Harlem branch, he reportedly left with just $20, while the other three attempts failed entirely.
Police say Torres fled on foot each time and was later spotted on subway surveillance between robberies, holding a coffee cup and blending in with commuters.
Despite the low returns, this may not have been his first attempt. In 2021, a man using a similar note-based method robbed a Chase branch in New Jersey for $6,000. Torres was also arrested last month for a TD Bank robbery in TriBeCa, where he allegedly took around $600.
It’s another example of how some bank robbery attempts end up far from successful.