Crime & Safety

Police: Cutchogue Man Arrested After Robbing Riverhead Store Twice

Arrest made Wednesday night, police say.

A Cutchogue man was arrested Wednesday night and charged with robbing a store in Riverhead twice over the past three weeks, according to Riverhead Town Police.

Joseph T. Reiter Jr., 37, who also had a outstanding parole warrant, was charged with two counts of third degree burglary after it was determined that he twice broke into Sound Vision Care, located at 877 Old Country Road.

He robbed the store on Dec. 18 and again on Jan. 1, police said.

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Reiter was processed and held for morning arraignment in Riverhead Town Justice Court, police said.

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