Riverhead Police are looking for two men on bicycles who attacked and robbed a man on Third Street in Riverhead just before 10 o’clock last night.
Police said the two men rode up behind a man who was walking on Third Street. One of them grabbed the victim around the neck from behind and began choking him, while the other removed the victim’s wallet and two cell phones from his pocket, according to the police report.
The two suspects were described as black males in their early 20s, with thin builds, wearing gray hooded sweatshirts and dark-colored pants. One of them was about 5 feet tall; the other was about 5 feet, 8 inches tall.
Police patrol units searched the area without results.
Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to call the Riverhead Town Police Department at 631-727-4500 ext. 302.
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