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Man Caught By Cops While Committing Violent Robbery Near Long Island Business, Police Say
A man was caught in the act by officers while he was committing a violent robbery in the parking lot of a Long Island business, police say.
It happened on Saturday, Feb. 29 just after 1:30 a.m. in Central Islip.
Third Precinct officers on a routine patrol in an unmarked police vehicle observed Jerry McKoy, 54, of Central Islip, striking Elias Ortiz-Campos, 44, of Central Islip, during a robbery in the parking lot of Laundry Palace, located at 18 E. Suffolk Ave., Suffolk County Police said.
The officers intervened and arrested McKoy.
Ortiz-Campos was transported to Southside Hospital…
