Crime & Safety
Duo Arrested For Armed Daytime Nassau Bank Robbery: Police
Police say the two robbed the bank and then fled, but were found a short time later by officers.
A Suffolk duo was arrested on Friday and charged with robbing a bank at gunpoint in North New Hyde Park.
According to police, David Freeland, of Covingtong Street, Huntington Station, entered the TD Bank at 110 Hillside Ave. at 10:38 a.m. wearing a face mask. Police say he pulled out a handgun, announced a robbery was happening and demanded money from the teller. Freeland pointed the gun at the teller, police said, and the teller gave him money.
He then fled to a waiting silver Hyundai Accent driven by Stephanie Boehringer, of Patchogue Drive, Rocky Point, police say, and the two drove off.
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Officers responded to the area and found the car at New Hyde Park Road and Lawrence Street. The two were placed under arrest.
Both Freeland and Boehringer are charged with first-degree robbery and first-degree criminal use of a firearm. They were both arraigned on Saturday in First District Court in Hempstead.
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