UPDATE: Cops Nab Patterson Subway Suspect

UPDATE — Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports that a suspect in an armed robbery in Patterson on Oct. 18 has been apprehended.

John E. Caputo, 47, is facing a first degree robbery charge. He is accused of holding up the Subway sandwich shop in the Patterson Commons Shopping Center at about 6:30 P.M. on Tuesday.

During the robbery, Caputo allegedly brandished a knife and ordered a shop clerk to hand over money from the cash register. The Wingdale, NY resident took an undisclosed sum of cash, departed from the shop and reportedly used a pickup truck that he had left parked nearby as a getaway vehicle, police allege.

No one was injured in the incident.

Caputo was apprehended at about 9 a.m. o’clock Thursday when a Sheriff’s investigator in an unmarked car spotted him driving a pickup truck in Kent. The investigator recognized the truck and its driver as matching the descriptions of the suspect and vehicle wanted in the robbery.

The investigator, with assistance from the Town of Kent Police Department, pulled over Caputo’s vehicle and detained him for questioning. After interviewing him, investigators charged Caputo with the robbery.

At 5:39 p.m. Thursday, Caputo was awaiting arraignment in court on the robbery charge. That offense is a class B felony, which is punishable by up to 25 years’ imprisonment upon conviction.

PATTERSON, NY — The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an armed robbery of the Subway sandwich shop in the Patterson Commons shopping center located at 3101 Route 22 at the intersection of Route 311 in Patterson.

The incident occurred on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at approximately 6:30 p.m. At that time, members of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department and the New York State Police responded to a 911 report that the establishment had just been robbed.

The suspect was described as a white male between 50 and 60 years of age, approximately 5’9” and 200 pounds who had displayed a knife to employees and demanded money. The suspect fled in an unknown direction with an undisclosed amount of cash. The investigation is ongoing.

The Sheriff’s Department is requesting that anyone with information contact them at (845) 225-4300.

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