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SCPD Crime Alert: Man Wanted for Stealing Cigarettes & Cash from Riverhead Gas Station

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By Published: November 19 2013

LongIsland.com

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Town of Riverhead Police are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two men who robbed a Riverhead gas station in September.

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Riverhead, NY - November 19th, 2013 - Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Town of Riverhead Police are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two men who robbed a Riverhead gas station in September.

Two black men entered Hess, located at 870 Old Country Road, on September 13 at approximately 10:30 p.m. and robbed an employee at gunpoint. The men fled with $200 in cash and $100 in Newport cigarettes.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

 

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