Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Police: Westhampton Beach Bank Robbers Arrested
Police say a pair of Mastic residents were charged with grand larceny.
Editor’s note: one person’s name was removed from this report because his or her record was sealed.
Prudence Williams, 38, and [Name Removed], 24, both of Mastic, were arrested and charged in relation to a bank robbery in at in Westhampton Beach in July 2010.
Willams and [Name Removed], said police, have both been charged with grand larceny, a felony.
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Suffolk Police said the arrests came after an investigation that involved their major case investigation unit and Westhampton Beach Police.
Police said that on July 31, 2010, Williams allegedly went to the bank on Sunset Avenue and passed a teller a note that demanded cash.
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Police say Williams, after receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, left the bank and headed toward the 7-Eleven on Sunset Avenue.
[Name Removed], police said worked at the bank and allegedly gave Williams information to aid her in the robbery.
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