Crime & Safety
iPhone Swiped, Man Cut In Knifepoint Robbery In Holbrook: Police
He was robbed after agreeing to sell his cell phone, Suffolk police say.
HOLBROOK, NY — Detectives are investigating the knifepoint robbery of a man who was cut in Holbrook on March 11, Suffolk police said.
The man reported he was cut and his iPhone was swiped after he arranged to sell it on Facebook Marketplace in a meet-up on Twin Bark Avenue at around 5:20 p.m., according to police.
He was attacked by three males and cut on the hand, causing a non-life-threatening injury, police said.
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It is not clear if he went to the hospital, according to police.
No arrests have been made in the case.
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Detectives from the 5th Squad in Patchogue are investigating, a police spokeswoman said.
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