Riverhead Police have charged a Patchogue man in the recent burglaries at Star Confectionery and Mugs on Main.
Police said in a press release last night they arrested Saquon Blount, 26, yesterday morning after an investigation into the break-in at the East Main Street luncheonette on Nov. 12 and a burglary on Oct. 29 at Mugs on Main, a coffee shop also located on East Main Street.
The proprietors of both establishments told police the burglar removed cash from their businesses during the burglaries.
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A police investigation determined that Blount was a suspect in both incidents, according to last night’s press release.
Blount was arrested yesterday at approximately 8:50 a.m., police said, and was transported to the Riverhead Police Department., where he was processed on two counts of Burglary in the Third Degree, a class D felony.
Blount was additionally charged with petit larceny in two separate, unrelated incidents in Riverhead last month: Nov. 1 at the Nike Outlet at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead and Nov. 11 at the Riverhead Lofts apartment building at 221 E. Main St. Blount was charged with two counts of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
Blount was arraigned on all charges and remanded to the custody of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, police said.
Editor’s note: A criminal charge is an accusation. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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