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East Hampton Man Arrested For Armed Robbery Of Springs-Fireplace Store

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An East Hampton man was arrested for robbing Montoya Communications in the One Stop Market shopping plaza on Springs Fireplace Road. A customer of the hair salon that shares a building with the business that was robbed took a photo of the robber’s car as he fled, which police used to arrest him about 36 hours later. TE MCMORROW

An East Hampton man was arrested for robbing Montoya Communications in the One Stop Market shopping plaza on Springs Fireplace Road. A customer of the hair salon that shares a building with the business that was robbed took a photo of the robber’s car as he fled, which police used to arrest him about 36 hours later. TE MCMORROW

authorStaff Writer on Jan 29, 2022
An East Hampton man was arrested by Suffolk County Police last week and charged with the January 26 robbery of a Springs-Fireplace Road business. Shane Filasky, 46, was arrested by... more

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