Crime & Safety
St. James Gas Station Robbed at Gunpoint
It happened early this morning. Four Suffolk businesses have now been robbed at gunpoint over the past five days.
A St. James gas station was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday, Suffolk Police said.
According to police, three men entered the Shell station located at 560 Middle Country Road at approximately 12:10 a.m. and demanded cash from an employee at the counter. One of the men displayed a gun. The employee complied and the men fled on foot. There were no injuries reported.
Detectives are asking anyone with information regarding the robbery to call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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It's the fourth gunpoint robbery in five days at Suffolk businesses. On Monday night, two men with guns robbed a BP gas station located at 1099 Horseblock Road in Farmingville. A clerk was injured during a robbery at a Medford store late Sunday night. Last Friday, two men with guns also robbed a gas station in Medford.
No arrests have been made and police have not said if detectives believe the robberies are related.
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NESCONSET NY. 10-9-18 JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ANOTHER ARMED ROBBERY OF A GAS STATION THIS TIME 4-5 PEOPLE ENTER THE SHELL STATION ON RTE 25 AND ARLINGTON WHEN ONE SUBJECT PRODUCED A HAND GUN AND DAMANDED PROCEEDS ALL SUBJECTS FLED BY UNKNOWN MEANS NO INJURIES pic.twitter.com/tXaxzALhW3
— OnScenePhotography (@onsceneprez) October 9, 2018
Possible armed robbery pattern emerging in Suffolk County since late Sunday night. @SCPDHq investigating at least three armed robberies in Medford, Farmingdale and St. James. I’ll have the latest @FiOS1News_LI with @cjpapa13 pic.twitter.com/dMi4lbYfJo
— Ron Lee (@RonLeeReporting) October 9, 2018
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