Suffolk County Police today arrested a Huntington Station woman for robbing the Bank of Smithtown branch in Kings Park.
Dashona Minor, 26, entered the bank, located at 14 Park Drive, at 3:45 p.m., reached over the counter and grabbed money from behind the counter. She then fled northbound on Indian Head road on foot.
Employees of the bank notified police of Minor’s description, a black female with a medium build, wearing a dark top, blue jeans and a red Yankees baseball cap. One of the employees followed Minor outside and into the Sunlee Nails Boutique, at 23 Indian Head Road, and informed police of Minor’s location. A responding officer arrived at the scene and arrested Minor.
Following an investigation by Suffolk County Police Major Case detectives, Minor, of 21 Tower St., Huntington Station, was charged with Grand Larceny 4th Degree.
Minor will be held overnight and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on August 19.
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