Crimes Nearby: Police Seek Help in Nabbing Sayville Bank Robber

The following information was supplied by the Suffolk County police department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.

Sayville

Suffolk Police are hoping the public can help identify the bank robber who hit the Capital One bank in Sayville this past July.

The man is described as thin, white, between 5’5 and 5’8 tall and wearing a long-sleeved shirt, shorts, knee-high socks, dark sunglasses and a fedora-style hat.

Lindenhurst

Lindenhurst accounted for almost a fourth of the Suffolk County First Precinct's residential burglaries in the month of August, according to police officials.
First Precinct officers speaking at a recent community meeting noted the bump in Lindenhurst's residential burglaries in past month, up five from only two in the month of July. The precinct on the whole had 33 during the month, with West Babylon counting six during August.

Commack

A woman was arrested Sept. 7 after allegedly taking 65 cans of baby formula from Target in Commack. In addition to the baby formula, police said Terry Bodden, 28, whose address was not listed, also stole women’s sleepwear from the store. Police said she took more than $1,000 worth of goods in total. She was charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, a felony.

West Islip

Imagine checking your bank account to learn that it’s completely empty and that someone opened up a joint account using your name, transferred your money to it, and then took it.

That’s exactly the scenario four West Islip residents faced in late August and the first week in September.

According to Suffolk Police, residents on Duck Lane, Watts Place, Seaspray Lane and Anna Court discovered that money held in a Chase Bank checking account had been transferred to a joint account, opened by a thief in their names, and then the money withdrawn.

The stolen cash came in all different amounts, according to police who believe the thefts was done by the same person.