Brooklyn bank robber busted after taking breakfast break on the Lower East Side: NYPD

A Brooklyn bank robber connected the tally was busted with the loot helium stole Friday greeting aft helium decided to halt for meal astatine a Lower East Side Chinese restaurant, constabulary said.

Cops converged connected the New Kim Tuong Restaurant connected Chrystie St. adjacent Hester St. astatine astir 10 a.m., taking the slope bandit into custody.

A tracking instrumentality hidden successful the pilfered currency led cops to the eatery, wherever edifice workers confirmed the fishy stopped inside, made an bid and sat down to person devour earlier leaving, constabulary sources said.

The thief took an undisclosed magnitude of wealth from a teller astatine the TD Bank connected Fourth Ave. adjacent 39th St. successful Sunset Park, Brooklyn, soon aft 9 a.m., cops confirmed.

The robber was past seen moving down Fourth Ave. toward 36th St. and the nearest bid station, cops said.

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Police retrieve the stolen wealth successful beforehand of 75 Chrystie St. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)

Cops activated the tracker and were virtually pursuing the wealth erstwhile they realized it had surfaced adjacent Sara D. Roosevelt Park adjacent Grand and Chrystie Sts.

The officers had zeroed successful connected the country aft they got a wide denotation that the currency was coming retired of the Vietnamese-Chinese restaurant.

Police took the antheral into custody connected Chrystie St. adjacent the eatery without incident.

Witnesses said the fishy repeatedly told cops, “You got the incorrect dude, man. That’s my money. That’s my Social Security. I got a $50 cardinal indebtedness from the bank.”

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The fishy told police, “You got the incorrect dude, man. That’s my money. That’s my Social Security. I got a $50 cardinal indebtedness from the bank.” (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)

Charges were not instantly filed.