New Arrest Made After Gunpoint Robbery: Police

RIVERHEAD, NY — Another arrest has been made in a case involving a man who was "repeatedly struck" and robbed at gunpoint in Riverhead, police said.

The robbery, reported on Tuesday, took place on Fanning Street in Riverhead, when a group of males "forcibly removed property" from a man, police said.

Three individuals were arrested on Tuesday and charged with first degree robbery, police said.

On Thursday at 9 p.m., 29-year old Robert E. Miller of Hampton Bays surrendered to authorities at the Riverhead Police Department in relation to the incident, police said.

He was subsequently charged with first degree robbery, processed and held for arraignment, police said.

According to the Riverhead Police Department, on Tuesday at 4:47 p.m., a call came in from the 24-year old man who said he'd been robbed.

The man said he was "hanging out" at the residence with a friend when he was confronted by a group men and "repeatedly struck" by a number of individuals, while one displayed a handgun and demanded that he give them all his money, police said.

The thieves forcibly removed cash and a cell phone from the man before fleeing the area in one or more vehicles, police said.

A short time later, a vehicle matching a description given was located on East Main Street in Riverhead and several of the occupants were identified as being involved in the robbery, police said.

Terrance T. Latimore Jr., 21, of Riverhead, Taiquon T. Trent, 19, of Westhampton Beach and Terrance T. Trent, 22, of Westhampton Beach were arrested, transported to Riverhead Police Headquarters, processed and charged with one count each of first degree robbery, police said.

The investigation is still ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Riverhead Police at 631-727-4500.

Patch photo courtesy Riverhead Police Department.