By Dave Goldiner
DNAinfo News Editor
MANHATTAN — Cops are hunting for a prolific robber who allegedly struck again Monday afternoon at a bank in Midtown — the latest robbery in Manhattan that police believe he's responsible for.
The alleged crook handed a note to a teller and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash from the Chase Bank at 810 Seventh Ave. near West 53rd Street around 2 p.m.
Police blame the same man for a string of three robberies since the weekend, and several more in the past few weeks.
He allegedly robbed the Coffee Pot restaurant at 350 W. 49th St. in Hells Kitchen on Sunday. Cops say he also struck at at Mrs. Field's Cookie Store on Broadway, near W. 33th Street, on Saturday, and about an hour later at a Duane Reade drugstore at 77 Seventh Ave.
Police believe the same man also carried out five robberies or attempted robberies dating back to the end of April.
Anyone with information in regard to any of these incidents is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
