A taxi cab driver was robbed at gunpoint last night outside the River Pointe apartments at 821 East Main Street, Riverhead Town Police said in a press release this morning.
The cab driver told police a man approached his cab shortly before 9 p.m., put a gun to his neck and demanded money, according to the report. The cab driver complied and the man fled the area on foot, police said.
No injuries were reported, police said.
The Riverhead Police Department Detective Division was called to investigate, according to the press release.
The suspect was described as a black male, wearing a black mask, a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, and dark colored pants, police said.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with any information in this case is asked to contact the Riverhead Town Police at 631-727-4500. All calls will be kept confidential, police said.
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