A 26-year-old East Patchogue man was arrested Saturday for robbing a Hauppauge drug store at gunpoint, Suffolk police said.
Henry Prego
Henry Prego walked into Tompkins Pharmacy on Wheeler Road while armed with a handgun and demanded oxycontin and roxicodone from the pharmacist at 5:01 p.m., police said. He then fled with the pills.
Fourth Squad detectives apprehended Prego and charged him with two counts of robbery. He will be arraigned at First District Court on Monday.
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