Drive-through bank teller stalls, helps customer

A North Side bank drive-through teller stalled long enough to call police Wednesday morning when a customer sent a note requesting help to get away from a man she said was holding her against her will.

John Worthington, senior vice president at Security Service Federal Credit Union, said the woman was with a man wearing a baseball cap when they pulled into a drive-through lane. He said she wrote the note requesting help from the teller on the back of a withdrawal slip.

“She was just trying to get help,” he said. “The teller was suspicious because of the note and because the woman was talking like she was distressed, and the manager called security, who called 911.”

San Antonio police arrived at the bank in the 1400 block of Loop 1604 North, around 8:30 a.m., authorities said.

Worthington said the woman had been at breakfast with friends when she was approached by the man, whom she knew. She told Worthington the man took her keys and somehow forced her to drive to the bank.

When officers arrived, the vehicle was still in the drive-through lanes and both people were still inside of the car, Worthington said. Police detained the man, who had been hunched down in the passenger seat. The woman was unharmed, and no money was withdrawn, he said.