Cops: Officer foils hammer-wielding robber
A Sixth Precinct officer on routine patrol Wednesday foiled an attempted robbery of a Coram convenience store by a hammer-wielding man, Suffolk County police said.
Officer Steven Pancir saw a robbery in progress at about 4:45 a.m. at the 7-Eleven store at 33 Middle Country Rd., police said.
Christopher Degennaro, 26, of Rocky Point, had entered the store with a hammer and ordered the cashier to the ground.
Degennaro went to the cash register, but Pancir entered the store and arrested him, police said.
Degennaro is charged with first-degree attempted robbery and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in First District Court in Central Islip.
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