Crime & Safety
Plainview Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested
The suspect was previously arrested for robbing a Rocky Point bank and for stealing vases from a cemetery, police said.

A Dix Hills man who was recently arrested for robbing a Plainview bank in April was previously arrested for robbing a Rocky Point bank and for stealing numerous vases from a Farmingdale cemetery, police said.
According to authorities, Max Schneider, 26, handed a demand note to a teller at TD Bank, located at 500 Old Country Road, took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot on Thursday, April 9.
Schneider was arraigned on Tuesday at the First District Court in Hempstead and was charged with third degree robbery and third degree grand larceny.
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He also robbed a Capital One Bank in Rocky Point on Tuesday, April 15 and was arrested shortly after the incident, police said.
Schneider and two others were previously arrested for allegedly stealing $53,000 worth of bronze vases from Pinelawn Cemetery in Farmingdale in February 2014.
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