Suspect Cut Employee While Stealing Cell Phones At Long Island Store, Police Say Suspect Cut Employee While Stealing Cell Phones At Long Island Store, Police Say
Suspect Cut Employee While Stealing Cell Phones At Long Island Store, Police Say Police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a Long Island We Fix Phones store of two cell phones after cutting an employee with a sharp object. The armed robbery took place around 6:14 p.m., Monday, March 16 at the store on Front Street in Uniondale, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, an unknown man entered the store and asked an employee to view several cell phones and then left.  A short time later the same man returned and again asked to view two cell phones, saying he would be purchasing the phones and asking about methods of payment, police …
Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Long Island Bank Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Long Island Bank
Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Long Island Bank A suspect is on the loose after an armed bank robbery on Long Island. It happened just before 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21 in Valley Stream. The suspect, an unidentified bank entered the TD Bank located at 275 West Merrick Road, approached a teller and demanded money while displaying a firearm, according to Nassau County Police detectives. The suspect received an undisclosed amount of currency and fled the bank on foot eastbound, police said.  Seven employees and three customers were in the bank at the time of the incident. No injuries were reported. The subject is described as being b…
Pair Of Armed Robberies Involving Pickup Truck Reported Hours Apart On Long Island Pair Of Armed Robberies Involving Pickup Truck Reported Hours Apart On Long Island
Pair Of Armed Robberies Involving Pickup Truck Reported Hours Apart On Long Island Detectives are investigating two armed robberies that took place within miles of each other on Long Island. The first robbery took place around 11:05 p.m., Monday, Feb. 17, in the parking lot at Jake's 58 Hotel & Casino in Islandia, said Suffolk County Police. During the robbery, police said a man approached a woman in the parking lot, displayed what appeared to be a handgun, and demanded cash. The woman complied and the man fled to a black pickup truck parked nearby. The pickup truck, driven by a second person, fled the scene in an unknown direction. There were no injuries. The sec…
Male, Female Suspects On Loose After Armed Robberies At Long Island CVS, 7-Eleven Male, Female Suspects On Loose After Armed Robberies At Long Island CVS, 7-Eleven
Male, Female Suspects On Loose After Armed Robberies At Long Island CVS, 7-Eleven Police on Long Island are investigating a series of robberies that took place within an hour of each other in Nassau County, police said. Two African-American suspects, each carrying backpacks, entered CVS on Franklin Avenue in Franklin Square at approximately 2:48 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, police said. After being confronted by a store employee, one of the subjects displayed a silver handgun before both men left the store. Police said that the two suspects were then seen entering a white SUV that was waiting for them in the parking lot before fleeing the scene. The first male suspect wa…
Man Found Guilty For Violent Home Invasions In Nassau, Suffolk Man Found Guilty For Violent Home Invasions In Nassau, Suffolk
Man Found Guilty For Violent Home Invasions In Nassau, Suffolk A Long Island man who took elaborate steps to target victims in Nassau and Suffolk counties before violently robbing them was found guilty by a jury of seven robberies, one of which resulted in the death of a man. A federal jury in Central Islip found Bay Shore resident Tyrone Robinson, 34, guilty on multiple counts of robbery and weapons charges, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced. He was found guilty following a four-week trial. Specifically, Robinson was found guilty of seven counts of Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy, seven counts of robbery and attempted robbery of drugs and drug pro…
Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Long Island 7-Eleven Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Long Island 7-Eleven
Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Long Island 7-Eleven Major Case Unit detectives on Long Island are investigating an early morning armed robbery at an area 7-Eleven. A suspect entered 7-Eleven on Waverly Avenue in Holtsville at approximately 2:40 on Tuesday, Jan. 21, allegedly brandishing a weapon and demanding cash, police said. He then proceeded to flee on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. Additional details of the robbery have not been released. The incident at the Holtsville 7-Eleven came on the heels of two other reported robberies of pizzerias in nearby Centereach. It is unclear if the robberies are related. The investigation in…
Police Searching For Two Armed Men Who Entered Long Island Home, Attacked Resident Police Searching For Two Armed Men Who Entered Long Island Home, Attacked Resident
Police Searching For Two Armed Men Who Entered Long Island Home, Attacked Resident Police are searching for two armed men who allegedly entered a Long Island home and attacked one of the residents before fleeing. The incident took place around 4:40 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 7 in Merrick on Beach Drive, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, two men, one armed with a handgun, entered a second-floor entrance to the Beach Drive home.  After confronting one of the residents, the men stated, “Give us your stuff.”  The victim grabbed the intruder's arm in an attempt to push away the gun and was punched in the face, police said.  After being able to …
Long Island Robbery Suspect Nabbed After High-Speed Chase, Car Jacking, Police Say Long Island Robbery Suspect Nabbed After High-Speed Chase, Car Jacking, Police Say
Long Island Robbery Suspect Nabbed After High-Speed Chase, Car Jacking, Police Say A suspect implicated in multiple robberies on Long Island had to be tased after taking police on a high-speed, wrong-way chase following an alleged armed carjacking, police said. A man sitting in his car at Crunch Fitness in Bellmore was approached by Plainview resident Robert Wong, 21, who allegedly asked his victim if he was his Uber driver, then brandished a handgun and demanded the victim get out of his car and hand over his wallet.  It is alleged that Wong then entered his victim’s vehicle and fled northbound on Centre Avenue. Nassau County Police officers quickly located the stol…
Suspect Nabbed After Armed Robberies At Long Island CVS, Gas Station, 7-Eleven Suspect Nabbed After Armed Robberies At Long Island CVS, Gas Station, 7-Eleven
Suspect Nabbed After Armed Robberies At Long Island CVS, Gas Station, 7-Eleven A Long Island man is in custody after a spree of armed robberies, including allegedly threatening an employee with a gun at a CVS location before stealing controlled substances, police said. Massapequa resident Paul Defilippis, 32, walked into CVS on Magnolia Drive in North Massapequa at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22, police said. He proceeded to shop for two hours before attempting to rob the store while there was nearly two dozen people inside the store. According to police, at approximately 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, Defilippis jumped over the pharmacy counter, stated that he had …
K-9 Officers Help Nab Woman Who Robbed Long Island 7-Eleven At Knifepoint, Police Say K-9 Officers Help Nab Woman Who Robbed Long Island 7-Eleven At Knifepoint, Police Say
K-9 Officers Help Nab Woman Who Robbed Long Island 7-Eleven At Knifepoint, Police Say Police dogs helped track down a woman who allegedly robbed a Long Island 7-Eleven location at knifepoint on Christmas Eve, police said. Ronkonkoma resident Heather Lee, 29, allegedly walked into 7-Eleven on Peconic Street in Ronkonkoma and demanded cash from an employee at approximately 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24, police said. She then took off on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. According to police, a police K9 helped track Lee to her nearby apartment on Peconic Street, and she was arrested shortly before 1:45 a.m. following the investigation into the armed robbery. Lee was tak…
Robbers Hold Two Long Island Employees On Floor At Gunpoint, Police Say Robbers Hold Two Long Island Employees On Floor At Gunpoint, Police Say
Robbers Hold Two Long Island Employees On Floor At Gunpoint, Police Say Police are searching for three suspects in connection with an armed robbery in which the victims were held at gunpoint while lying on the floor, police said. The robbery took place around 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 9, at Universal Envios Corp located on Nassau Road in Roosevelt, said the Nassau County Police. According to detectives, the three men, wearing hoods that covered their heads and most of their faces, entered the business with one of the men brandishing a handgun. Two employees inside, a 32-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man, were ordered to get on the floor behind the counter while …
Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Long Island Verizon Store Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Long Island Verizon Store
Suspect On Loose After Armed Robbery At Long Island Verizon Store A suspect is on the loose after an armed robbery at a Verizon store on Long Island. It happened on Monday, Nov. 11 at around 7:15 p.m. in Greenvale, Nassau County Police said. According to detectives, the man, armed with a black handgun, entered the store located at 90 Northern Boulevard and approached the male salesperson inside, according to police. The suspect forced the victim into the back room and removed an undetermined number of cellphones from an open safe before fleeing the scene on foot in an unknown direction. No injuries were reported at the scene. The suspect is describ…