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The robbery occurred Wednesday, Sept. 11 at about 2:30 p.m. in Holbrook, Suffolk County Police said.
Michele Atkinson, 42, of Bohemia entered Bank of America, located at 4400 Veterans Memorial Highway, approached a teller and presented a note demanding cash, according to police. The teller complied and Atkinson fled in a black car at approximately 2:35 p.m.
Fifth Precinct officers responded and Officer Arkadiusz Janczurewicz located and arrested Atkinson in a parking lot behind 5181 Sunrise Highway in Bohemia a short time later.
Major Case Unit detectives charged Atkinson with third-degree robbery.
She will be held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday, Sept. 12.
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