Sep 19, 2012 1:44 PM
Southampton Town Police arrested the man they believe robbed the TD Bank in Hampton Bays last Monday, making off with just more than $1,000 in cash.
Donnell Thomas, 28, of Selden was arrested on Tuesday morning at a friend’s house on Hawthorne Street in Mastic, according to Southampton Town Police Detective Sergeant Lisa Costa.
Mr. Thomas was charged with one count of third-degree robbery, a felony, she said.
Det. Sgt. Costa said that police have been able to confirm that about half of the money stolen during the September 10 robbery, or $500, was used to secure a rental car from Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Det. Sgt. Costa said police were still trying to determine what Mr. Thomas did with the remainder of the money.
At around 4:40 p.m. that day, surveillance footage inside the West... more
Donnell Thomas, 28, of Selden was arrested on Tuesday morning at a friend’s house on Hawthorne Street in Mastic, according to Southampton Town Police Detective Sergeant Lisa Costa.
Mr. Thomas was charged with one count of third-degree robbery, a felony, she said.
Det. Sgt. Costa said that police have been able to confirm that about half of the money stolen during the September 10 robbery, or $500, was used to secure a rental car from Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Det. Sgt. Costa said police were still trying to determine what Mr. Thomas did with the remainder of the money.
At around 4:40 p.m. that day, surveillance footage inside the West... more
Nice police work SHTPD
Dirt swept under the rug is to be taken care of when no-one's looking.
Even if the Town abolished their police forces (and the villages did the same) they would have to strike a deal with the County who would have to hire more officers. You think County police will cost less than Town? You're kidding yourself.
I can tell when someone isn't fiscally educated when they use the line, "I pay 16k in property taxes" and then complain about something which costs them a small fraction of that. The vast majority of that is school taxes. ...more Please tell us all what your tax bill says you Pay for Police THEN tell me how much you think would "be fair" or what you think "the state" would charge you for police protection.
All pensions are funded throughout the state, county and town. The town does not pay a retirees pensions costs, once they are retired. For the length of an employees employment with the town, be it a contributory or non-contributory pension plan, every year a % of that employees salary is paid into the state pension system. Right now that system is worht 153 billion. The highest ever, and back where it was ws we entered this current economic melt down.
Everything you posted about ...more pensions is either an outright lie or proof that you don't take the time to research what you post.
Years ago, the town looked into replacing the local PD with the county. It was revealed that your police taxes would go up 3x if that scenario was adopted.
Out of your 16K in property taxes, I would bet that less than $1500 is for police taxes.
Have either of you ever read a municipal or school district budget? If you did, you would quickly realize that what you are posting here is all fabrication. Just because you want something to be true does not make it so.
You are both confusing the New York State Employee Retirement System with Social Security
Learn some facts, or post some source that is at least somewhat reliable. That should keep you busy for a while as you will find nothing that backs up your ...more statements.
It is not real!
The IOU's in the form of rising indebtedness and deficits on all levels of government, internationally BTW, will come due some day.
The fiscal crisis of 2008-2009 with the banks, the housing "crisis" with huge foreclosures and underwater mortgages etc., etc. are ...more just the tip of the iceberg.
The Day of Reckoning will come, and it will not be pretty IMO.
Have a good weekend!
Now please, really, please tell us your secret to retirement investment planning if it doesnt involve saving small amounts at the start of one's working years and continuing to do so until retirement?
You have the audacity to call me a moron and you can't grasp this concept?
Tell you what, Chief. You win. I've watched people argu crap here with each ...more other and think they have a shot at changing some one elses opinion. (captamerica and philathome are perfect examples) .
I'm done. I'll spend my time at town board meetings, speaking to the rainmakers one on one and actually getting something done. You can continue to spout your self opinionated vomit across the keyboard to your hearts content. It keeps you away from the rest of us, and we are happy for that.
By the way -what does this have to do with the bank robbery story?
BANK ROBBERY by the highest echelons of leadership in both the private and public sectors!
The only problem is that this huge "bank robbery" is a crime which is unsolvable, except by a systemic failure of life as we have known it.