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Wild: A man who robbed the Sterling National Bank on 7th Avenue near 38th Street in Manhattan was chased and tackled by the bank's ATM repairmen. The robber, Thomas Slater, had passed a note to a teller and stole $1,082--and some of the money went flying onto the street during the chase as Slater wove through cars to evade capture. CityRoom reports, "Pedestrians walked up to the cops or bank employees and handed over money that they had picked up." Police spokesman Paul Browne said, "Even in the bad economy, all $1,082 that had been scattered before the police arrived was recovered in full." Slater was charged with bank robbery and is suspected in three other bank robberies. And the NY Times' director of mobile products Robert Z. Samuels saw Slater get tackled--he took some video of the arrest.