Police arrest robbery suspect in Riverhead
Police said Christopher M. Laterza was arrested Saturday afternoon, March 11, 2017, in Riverhead and charged with first-degree robbery. Police said the robbery took place in a Walmart parking lot on March 2, 2017, in Riverhead. Credit: Riverhead Police
Police have arrested a man accused of robbing a woman in a car parked outside a Walmart store in Riverhead earlier this month.
Christopher M. Laterza was arrested Saturday afternoon in Riverhead and charged with first-degree robbery, police said.
Police said Laterza used a utility knife on March 2 to threaten the woman, whose pocketbook was stolen.
The robbery happened shortly before 5 p.m. at the Walmart store on Old Country Road, police said.
Laterza, whose age and hometown was not released, is being held until his arraignment.
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