Crime & Safety
Police: Man Robbed At Huntington Station Hotel After Responding to Online Advertisement
The Huntington Station man went to the hotel to meet a woman he never met before at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
A 30-year-old Huntington Station man was robbed after police said he responded to an online advertisement and traveled to meet a woman at a nearby Huntington Station hotel on Tuesday at 3:30 a.m.
The man met Destiny Shepard, 21, of Central Islip, for the first time at the Rodeway Inn, located at 270 W Jericho Turnpike, when three men entered the room, threatened the victim and stole $400 from him.
The victim fled the scene and called police.
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Shepard and the three men were still in the room when police arrived.
All four of them were arrested and charged with second degree robbery:
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- Destiny Shepard, 21, of Central Islip
- Timothy Clark, 22, of Central Islip
- Gerone Garcia, 19, of Central Islip
- Mario Malpica, 21, of Central Islip
They were arraigned Thursday.
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