Riverhead Police arrested a man in connection with a purse-snatching incident in a Route 58 parking lot at about 6:35 p.m. Sunday.
Police said a 79-year-old woman walking in a parking lot at Riverhead Centre toward the ShopRite supermarket was confronted by an unknown male who grabbed her purse, pulling it from her hard enough so that the purse handle broke. He was able to get the purse away from her and fled on foot toward the DSW store in the same shopping center, police said.
Responding officers located the man at the DSW store and took him into custody, according to the police report.
The suspect, identified as Erick Contreras Guevara, 22, of Flanders, was arrested and charged with Robbery in the Third Degree, a class D felony, Obstructing Governmental Administration and Resisting Arrest, both class A misdemeanors.
The investigation remains ongoing, police said. Police ask anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information about the incident to contact the Riverhead Police Department at (631)727-4500. All calls will be kept confidential, police said.
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