Crime & Safety
Motorcycle Duo Charged In Suffolk Bank Robberies: Police
The pair robbed Webster Bank in Patchogue and TD Bank in Lake Ronkonkoma; tried to rob Chase Bank in Yaphank, Suffolk cops say.
PATCHOGUE, NY — Two people have been charged in connection with two bank robberies, in Patchogue and Lake Ronkonkoma, in which the getaway vehicle was a motorcycle, Suffolk police said.
Joseph Hill, 40, and Stephanie Demola, 34, of Moriches, were charged with first-degree robbery for robbing Webster Bank on Sunrise Highway in Patchogue last Thursday at around 9 a.m. and second-degree robbery for robbing TD Bank on Portion Road in Lake Ronkonkoma, on July 10 at around 3 p.m.
They were also charged with second-degree attempted robbery for the attempted robbery of Chase Bank on Main Street in Yaphank, on July 10 at around 10 a.m.
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Hill is being held at the 6th Precinct in Selden, and Demola at the 4th Precinct in Smithtown pending their arraignments in First District Court in Central Islip on Tuesday.
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