Crime & Safety

Man Who Demanded Money From Point Boro Bank Teller: 'I Have A Bomb'

The Point Pleasant Boro Police have arrested the man who demanded money from a bank teller.

An 18-year-old Staten Island man recently arrested for threatening a bank teller utter these words before fleeing the scene, police say:

“Give me all your money. I have a bomb.”

Xavier J. Valentine was arrested on May 28 by Det. Brad McNally. Valentine was charged with the third degree crime of False Public Alarms.

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On May 21, Valentine went to the drive thru at a Wells Fargo Bank, passed a written note to the teller saying, “Give me all your money I have a bomb,” and immediately drove away. The bank is located at 3223 Bridge Ave, Point Pleasant.

Valentine was released from Point Pleasant Police Headquarters on a Complaint-Summons. 

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