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Riverhead Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In Southampton Village

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By Colleen Reynolds 
And Virginia Garrison on Aug 13, 2011
A man wanted for robbing a Riverhead bank on Friday morning was arrested on Saturday night in Southampton Village after striking two police cars that boxed him in while he... more

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