Bail set on Sayville man's robbery arrest
James Schenck, 21, of Sayville was arrested after Suffolk police say he robbed a 7-Eleven store earlier in the day and a liquor store last week. (Feb. 14, 2012) Credit: SCPD/
Bail was set at $100,000 cash Wednesday for a Sayville man charged with robbing a 7-Eleven store on Tuesday and a liquor store last week, Suffolk police said.
In both robberies, James Schenck, 21, showed what appeared to be a handgun to the cashier and demanded money, police said.
He fled with several hundred dollars from Michael's Wines and Liquors on Sayville's Main Street at 4:25 p.m. Friday, said Det. Sgt. Alan Feinstein of the Fifth Precinct. Schenck also took a small amount of money from the Oakdale 7-Eleven on Montauk Highway at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, he said.
Fifth Precinct undercover detectives had been tailing Schenck when they arrested him without incident on Sayville's Main Street about 5 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
Feinstein said a "simulated pistol" was recovered after the arrest but declined to say where.
Schenck, of 25 Greene Ave, was charged with two counts of first-degree robbery. He was held Wednesday night in county jail pending bail.
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