IT MIGHT have been the most polite bank robbery in New York's history. At half past five in the afternoon on January 10th a man in a Chicago Bulls baseball cap walked into a Chase Bank branch in Brooklyn and handed a note to the teller. "This is a robbery," the message said, in handwritten red ink. "Big bills only." He walked out with $1,000. The man accused of the heist is Gerod Woodberry. Less than four hours before the Brooklyn incident, Mr Woodberry had been released from police custody after being charged with similar offences. "I can't believe they let me out," he told a detective.
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