Police: Serial Bank Robber Caught

Suffolk Police say the search for a serial bank robber is over.

Troy Brinkhuis, of Holbrook, is charged with committing nine bank robberies since April.

During the course of the investigation, and using video surveillance, Pattern Crime Unit detectives identified the 46-year-old as a suspect, police said. Brinkhuis was arrested Friday on westbound Sunrise Highway in West Babylon without incident at about 10:40 a.m., police said.

Brinkhuis robbed eight different banks–one of them twice–by handing a threatening note to the tellers demanding cash, police said.

Below are the dates, banks and times of the robberies:

• April 8, Chase Bank, located at 991 Main St., Holbrook, at approximately 1:18 p.m.
• May 22, Chase Bank, located at 991 Main St., Holbrook, at approximately 2:23 p.m.
• June 6, Citibank, located at 835 Montauk Highway, Bayport, at approximately 1:50 p.m.
• June 10, Capital One Bank, located at 450 Union Boulevard, West Islip, at approximately 5:45 p.m.
• June 11, Chase Bank, located at 2430 North Ocean Ave., Farmingville, at approximately 4:05 p.m.
• June 24, Chase Bank, located at 2650 Sunrise Highway, East Islip, at approximately 2:30 p.m.
• June 25, Capital One Bank, located at 131 Portion Road, Ronkonkoma, at approximately 5:20 p.m.
• June 29, Chase Bank, located at 472 Medford Ave., Patchogue, at approximately 9:40 a.m.
• July 2, Capital One Bank, located at 1383 Deer Park Ave., North Babylon, at approximately 9:50 a.m.

Brinkhuis will be held overnight at the First Precinct. He is charged with nine counts of third degree robbery and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday.