Police have release surveillance video images taken during the armed robbery of an East Main Street convenience store Nov. 13, seeking the public’s help to identify the two men they say robbed the store owner at gunpoint and then fled on foot.
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The holdup occurred at approximately 10 p.m. that night, a Sunday, when the pair entered the store at 733 East Main St., in the shopping center across from Riverhead Town Hall. See Nov. 14 story, “Grocer: Robber pumped shotgun and demanded cash in Riverhead armed robbery.”
One of the suspects was armed with a black pump shotgun, police said. They removed $900 in cash from the register, two cartons of cigarettes valued at $160, and $100 worth of assorted cigars.
The suspects then fled eastbound on the railroad tracks, according to police A K9 check of the area tracked the suspects to the River Pointe Apartments at 821 East Main Street, where a shotgun was found under a shed to the rear of Building D at the apartment complex.
One of the robbers is described as a black male, over 6’0” tall with a medium build, who was wearing a white jacket with a blue hood, blue jeans and a backpack.
The second is described as a black male over 6’0” tall with a large build wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and white and black sneakers. He was in possession of the shotgun, make and model unknown.
Both suspects wore bandanas covering their faces, police said.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
