A man armed with a handgun robbed an Islip gas station Monday afternoon, Suffolk County police said.
The man entered USA gas station at 95 Moffitt Blvd. at 3:17 p.m., police said.
He fled with cash and cigarettes, police said.

A man armed with a handgun robbed an Islip gas station Monday afternoon, Suffolk County police said. The man entered USA gas station at 95 Moffitt Blvd. at 3:17 p.m., police said. He fled with cash and cigarettes, police said.

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