Would-be RI bank robber foiled: 'We're closing'

[February 12, 2011]  CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) -- A would-be bank robber in Rhode Island was foiled after a teller shut the security door and told him the bank was closing.

Cranston police say it happened Thursday around 7 p.m., closing time at a Citizens Bank counter inside a Stop & Shop grocery store.

Major Robert W. Ryan says the man gave the teller a note written on a ripped paper plate that said, "This is a robbery."

The teller put down the security curtain, told the man the branch was closing and closed the security screen door. Ryan says the man walked quickly away, empty-handed.

Police are looking for the man.

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Information from: The Providence Journal, http://www.projo.com/

[Associated Press]

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