Centerport Man Arrested for Bank Robbery Pattern

On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 10:23 a.m., Suffolk County Police arrested a Centerport man for robbing three banks and attempting to rob another in Suffolk County in July.

Following an investigation utilizing video surveillance and multiple Crime Stoppers tips, Pattern Crime Unit detectives identified Frank Marquez as the suspect involved in the following incidents:

• The robbery of TD Bank, located at 2025 Broadhollow Road, Farmingdale, on July 7.
• The attempted robbery of People’s United Bank, located at 182 E. Main St., Huntington, on July 14.
• The robbery of TD Bank, located at 2178 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park, on July 14.
• The robbery of Capital One, located at 1383 Deer Park Ave., North Babylon, on July 21.

Pattern Crime Unit detectives, with assistance from officers in the Second Precinct, located Marquez on Pulaski Road near Butterfield Drive in Greenlawn and placed him under arrest. Marquez was charged with three counts of Robbery 3^rd Degree, one count of Attempted Robbery 3^rd Degree and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation 2^nd Degree for driving with a suspended license.

Marquez is being held overnight and is scheduled for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on July 25.

The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information on these incidents is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.