Suffolk County Police today arrested a Nesconset man for robbing a Nesconset bank this morning.
A man entered the People’s United Bank, located at 465 Smithtown Blvd., and handed a teller a note that stated he had a gun and demanded cash be put into his black messenger bag at 8:41 a.m. The man then fled the bank on foot.
Andreas Dambakakis, 30, Nesconset, was located at his home approximately an hour later and taken into custody.
Major Case Investigations Unit detectives charged Dambakakis with Robbery 3rd Degree. Dambakakis will be held overnight at the Seventh Precinct and arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip tomorrow.
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