This accused bank robber had a real job that was even more obnoxious.
Jamaal Valentine — who allegedly hit seven banks over three days and would demand tellers hand over only $100 — worked as a ticket hawker for a sightseeing bus tour in Times Square, The Post has learned.
When he wasn’t trying to knock over banks in Manhattan and The Bronx, Valentine, 34, was one of the dozens of hustlers trying to get tourists to plunk down $60 for a slow ride around town, law-enforcement sources said.
Although he worked for Skyline Sightseeing, he apparently couldn’t make ends meet and this week allegedly went to several banks with notes asking tellers for just $100.
He “said he was destitute and needed money for back rent,” one law-enforcement source alleged.
Valentine allegedly told cops that he owed $400 to his landlord at his Wheeler Avenue apartment in The Bronx, sources said.
Police charged him with seven counts of robbery and attempted robbery.
He was awaiting arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday.
The ex-con was arrested Wednesday in Midtown after two attempted heists in The Bronx and Manhattan.
In the first Thursday attempt, he allegedly lumbered into a Bank of America on 204th Street in Norwood at 12:04 p.m., but the teller refused and he dashed out, the sources said.
About 40 minutes later, Valentine allegedly tried to rob a Citibank on Broadway on the Upper West Side. He was again turned away.
Police sources said investigators had found Valentine’s fingerprints on a demand note from an earlier robbery.
They traced his location Wednesday by “pinging” his cellphone, a source said.
During the three-day spree, Valentine allegedly snagged just $450, the sources said. He never displayed a weapon.