Justus Davender accused of Riverhead street robbery using BB gun, police say
A Riverhead man was arrested after the victim of a Tuesday night street robbery provided responding officers with a description of the alleged assailant, town police said.
Justus Davender, 20, has been charged with second-degree robbery, according to Riverhead Town police.
Police said officers responded to a 911 call reporting a robbery on Wilson Avenue in Riverhead at 10:26 p.m. Tuesday and that the victim told them he’d just been robbed at gunpoint — and that his wallet and cellphone had been taken. He then provided police with a description of the suspect.
A search of the area led police to stop Davender on nearby Charles Street. Police said he was found to be in possession of “a realistic-looking BB handgun,” as well as the victim’s wallet.
The victim was not injured in the robbery.
Police said Davender faces arraignment Wednesday.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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