Crime & Safety

Man Robs Lake Ronkonkoma Bank

Police are looking for a man who robbed the TD Bank on Portion Road Friday evening.

Police are on the hunt for a bank robber who struck in Lake Ronkonkoma Friday evening. 

A man entered the on Portion Road shortly before 7 p.m. "and handed a teller a plastic bag while announcing a robbery and demanding cash," police said. 

The teller complied and gave the man cash from the drawer. The man then fled on foot westbound on Portion Road, police said.  

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The man is described as black, in his late 40s, approximately 6-foot-1, with black and gray hair, with dreadlocks, and a thin build. He was unshaven and wearing a beige sweater, brown pants, and a dark baseball hat at the time of the robbery. 

Police are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-220-TIPS.  All calls will remain confidential.         

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