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Cops: Man attacks woman he thought was a prostitute

A Middle Island man was arrested after he beat and robbed a woman when she informed him she was not a prostitute, state police said Monday. Two state troopers were patrolling West Main Street in Riverhead early Friday when they saw "a distressed female flagging them for assistance," police said. The 26-year-old Riverhead woman told troopers that she had just been robbed of her purse and cell phone....

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