Wheelchair man charged with US bank theft

A MAN in a wheelchair, who is said to have robbed a New York bank, was recognised from police images when he went to a hospital two days after the theft.

A NEW York City man in a wheelchair has been arrested two days after he pocketed $US1212 ($A1585) in a daytime bank robbery, authorities say.

KELVIN Dennison, 23, was picked up by officers at a hospital two days after he rolled into a Santander Bank branch in Queens on Monday afternoon and claimed to be armed, police said.