Photo Courtesy: New York Daily News
Posted: 07/23/2010
Long Island, NY - The empire strikes back. -- in the empire state.
A man wearing a Darth Vader mask strolled into a Long Island bank on Thursday -- and walked out with a wad of cash, according to the New York Daily News. The suspect was not armed with a lightsaber, but police said he was carrying a pistol.
The man, who's around six feet tall, fled on foot. No one was injured.
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