Man puts hold up note at bank drive-thru window, teller gives him $56,000

[Champ]

Even bank robbers appreciate a drive-through window.

Police say a man drove up to a LaSalle bank at 3301 N. Ashland about 8 a.m. Tuesday and slid a note demanding money to the teller through a tube at the window.

The teller complied, shooting back about $56,000, Belmont District police said. The robber sped off in a blue, older-model minivan, they said.

"No weapon was displayed or implied," said Chicago FBI spokeswoman Cynthia Yates. "He never left his vehicle."

It was the first of two bank robberies Tuesday morning that netted a combined total of at least $86,000, police said.

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[Lilyhoney]

1. I lived not far from there.

Banks get robbed in chicago all the time. This to me sounds like the teller knew the robber.

[mcscajun]

2. Agreed.

This is way over what was necessary even if the robber had been Inside the bank.

Sounds like a plan well executed. Watch for the teller to be picked up for questioning (and fired).

[ronnykmarshall]

3. Buuzzzz! Wrong!

I was a drive-up teller and we were trained to do what ever a robber said.

Even though we were behind bullet proof glass, we couldn't put other customers in danger.

[mcscajun]

4. When I was a teller...we wallked away from note-passers

if the robber said he had a gun, we gave over what was demanded starting with the top drawer and decoy pack.

But you're right about not endangering others to save property. We'd give away the whole bank if we had to.

I still think this was an inside job.