Crime & Safety

Police: Riverhead Man Arrested For Robbing Flanders 7-Eleven

The robbery occurred on Tuesday morning.

A Riverhead man was arrested for robbing a Flanders 7-Eleven on Tuesday morning, according to Southampton Town Police.

Police responded to a robbery at 7-Eleven on Flanders Road on Oct. 20 at about 12:30 a.m. where a robber demanded money from the store employee, police said.

Detectives were requested to respond and were able to identify Wesley Shedrick, 43, as the suspect, according to police.

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Detectives found him on Wednesday and arrested him for the robbery, according to police.

Shedrick was charged with third degree robbery, police said.

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He was processed and arraigned at Southampton Town Justice Court.

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