Gas Station Robbery Involved Scratch-Off Game Tickets: Cops

CORTLANDT, NY — A man from White Plains is accused of stealing a bunch of New York State Lottery scratch-off tickets from the Smart Gas Station on East Main Street in Cortlandt.

The robbery was reported at 3:10 p.m. Friday.

New York State police from the Cortlandt barracks charged Keenan Perez, 50, with Robbery in the 3rd degree, a class D felony.

Perez was virtually arraigned before the town of Cortlandt Court and remanded to the Westchester County Jail without bail. Perez is next scheduled to appear before the Court Aug. 6.

The State Police were assisted by the Westchester County Police Department, the Westchester County Real Time Crime Center, and the New Rochelle Police Department.