Man Robs Northport Stop & Shop Pharmacy: Police

Northport NY

23 November, 2021

10:28 AM

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NORTHPORT, NY — A man robbed a Stop & Shop pharmacy counter in Northport on Monday afternoon, Suffolk police said. A man approached the pharmacy counter inside of Stop & Shop, at 454 Fort Salonga Road, and handed an employee a note indicating he had a weapon and demanded prescription medication, police said. The employee gave him the medicine, and the man ran out of the store around 12:30 p.m., police said. Police described the man as either Hispanic or Middle Eastern and in his mid-to-late 30s. He is between 5 foot 6 inches and 5 foot 8 inches tall and is heavy-set, wearing a black baseball hat, dark-colored shirt, jeans and white sneakers, police said. Detectives are asking anyone with information on this robbery to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-6555 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.