A Long Island convenience store owner who showed mercy to a would-be robber says he’s received an apology note and $50 in the mail.
The unsigned note said it was from the man who tried to rob Mohammad Sohail. It said the would-be robber has a new job, a new child, and is staying out of trouble.
Sohail is saving the $50 for charity.
The bat-wielding man tearfully told Sohail in May that he was trying to feed his family. The rifle-toting businessman gave him $40 and bread, and made him promise never to rob again.
The man disappeared when Sohail went to get milk for the family.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press
Heating Up: Long Island’s Global Warming Vulnerability
It was 70 degrees in Central Park and Islip on Nov. 28, a temperature that shattered a 115-year-old record for New York City and trumping Long Island’s previous of 68 degrees for that date in 1995. The mercury hit 72 degrees in Newark the same day—tying a [...]
LI State Senate Races: Zeldin Ousts Foley, Johnson-Martins a Close Call
One of Long Island’s two Democratic New York State senators lost their bids for re-election Tuesday while the other is in a contest that is too close to call. Those two and a handful of other senate races statewide are expected to give the GOP the [...]
Cops: 3 Teens Arrested for 2 Robberies
Suffolk County Police arrested three teenagers Saturday in connection with robberies in Shirley and Mastic Beach last week. On Feb. 2, 16-year-olds Zachary Polini and Jules Bahler, both of Shirley, robbed a Dominos Pizza deliveryman at gunpoint, police [...]