Barth’s Drug Store

The law is intended to cut down the number of fraudulent and stolen prescriptions, which will in turn combat prescription drug abuse, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Barth’s Drug Store, a fixture on Main Street in Riverhead for nearly a century, will be under new ownership in 2016, as Barry Barth, who has run the family business for 44 years, retires.

Brian Houpe Jr., 26, of Riverhead was arrested Friday on two counts of robbery in the first degree, Riverhead police said in a press release late tonight.

A man wearing a gorilla mask entered the pharmacy through the back entrance, placed a gun to an employee's head and demanded money, according to a witness whose niece was inside filling a prescription.