Police: Man robbed 5 gas stations in Amityville and Wyandanch
Suffolk County police arrested a North Amityville man Thursday, charged in five gas station robberies in Amityville and Wyandanch.
Police said Mark Brown, 44, was arrested outside his home two hours after a robbery at a Conoco station at 655 Broadway in North Amityville. Police said he ordered a cashier to hand over money at gunpoint and emptied the register before riding off on a bicycle at 4:30 p.m.
Police said Brown was also tied to a string of North Amityville robberies since Nov. 14, including a Sunrise Highway Valero station at 10:35 a.m., a BP station on Broadway just before 3 a.m. on Nov. 18, and a different Conoco station on Sunrise Highway about 3 p.m. on Nov. 21.
He was also suspected of robbing a BP station on Straight Path in Wyandanch, just after noon on Nov. 27.
Brown was charged with five counts of second-degree robbery and was held in custody overnight. He was set to be arraigned Friday in First District Court in Central Islip.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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