(Long Island, NY) Suffolk County Police have arrested a man who robbed a store in Sayville on Friday, October 16.
Scott Tangel, 44, entered Ralph’s Italian Ices, located at 153 Main St., displayed a knife and demanded cash from the store employee. The employee complied and Tangel fled the store on foot.
Suffolk County Police have arrested Scott Tangel, 44, of Sayville who robbed a store in Sayville on Friday, October 16. Photo Credit: SCPD.
A short time later, Fifth Squad detectives located Tangel at the Long Island Railroad Station in Sayville and arrested him after he was identified by a witness. Tangel, of Sayville, was charged with Robbery 1st Degree.
Tangel is being held at the Fifth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on October 17.
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