Crime & Safety
Man Robbed Nassau Ice Cream Store At Knifepoint: Police
Police say he threatened a clerk at the store, then made off with the cash from the register.

MASSAPEQUA, NY — A Massapequa man was arrested Tuesday night after police say he robbed a store in the town at knifepoint.
According to police, Nicholas Roca, 32, entered the Carvel, located at 5596 Merrick Road in Massapequa, at 8:15 p.m. while holding a knife. He threatened the 20-year-old man working there, police said, and took cash from the register before fleeing.
Police were called, and officers located Roca a short distance from the store, police said. There was a brief chase on foot, and officers placed him under arrest, police said.
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During his arrest, police say they recovered a clear glass pipe containing a burnt substance believed to be crack cocaine.
Roca is charged with first-degree robbery, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree menacing and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He is scheduled to be arraigned later today in First District Court in Hempstead.
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