3 Brooklyn Men Accused Of Robbing Yorktown Pharmacy

YORKTOWN, NY — It was all hands on deck Thursday afternoon in Yorktown when, police said, there was a robbery at the Yorktown Pharmacy.

The Yorktown Police Department said three Brooklyn residents entered the pharmacy around 4:20 p.m., with one standing at the front door and two others going behind the cash register area to remove narcotic substances from the shelves.

An employee of the pharmacy used a landline phone to call 911, leaving the line open so officers could listen in.

Police said officers arrived at the pharmacy in time to see a vehicle believed to be involved in the robbery leaving the area.

The car was later in an accident, leaving two people with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, at the intersection of Underhill Avenue and Route 118.

Shaka K. Horton, 33, Isaac J. Brito, 29, and Delijah I. Jeter, 25, all of Brooklyn, got out of the car and took off on foot heading west on Underhill, police said.

Horton was taken into custody around 4:30 p.m. in the area of Woodsview Court, police said.

With the assistance of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, New York State Police and the police from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, a perimeter was setup and a search begun for Brito and Jeter.

Around 4:45 p.m. Brito was arrested, after being found in a storage room on Woods Brooke Lane. Shortly after 8 p.m. Jeter was taken into custody on Saw Mill River Road, south of Underhill Avenue.

All three men were taken to the Yorktown Police Department for arrest processing.

They were charged with second-degree robbery, a felony, and second-degree reckless endangerment, fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and third-degree unlawfully fleeing an officer, misdemeanors.

Following arraignment, the three men were sent to the Westchester County Department of Correction in lieu of $100,000 bail.

They are scheduled to appear in the Yorktown Justice Court July 14.

Yorktown police praised the staff at Yorktown Pharmacy in a post on Facebook, saying they kept their collective cool and quickly called 911.

Also given a shoutout were town Supervisor Matt Slater and Councilwoman Luciana Haughwout who help direct traffic in the first few minutes of a rapidly developing incident.

"And, lastly, to everyone who called in with sightings, tips, offers of food, water and to utilize any video feed of this incident in an attempt to assist all of the above agencies, THANK YOU," the department said. "You 'helped us, help you.' "