Man Arrested at Walt Whitman Mall for Rocky Point Bank Robbery

Max Schneider

The Suffolk County Police Department arrested a 26-year-old Miller Place man for robbing the Capital One bank located at 366 Route 25A in Rocky Point on April 14.

Following an investigation, Pattern Crime Unit detectives and Larceny Task Force detectives located and identified Max Schneider as he pulled into the Walt Whitman Shops parking lot, located at 160 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington, at approximately 5:45 p.m. on April 16, 2015.  Schneider was driving a 2012 Honda Civic when he was spotted by detectives.  Schneider attempted to escape and his vehicle collided with two detective vehicles before he was taken into custody.

Pattern Crime Unit detectives charged Schneider, of Harrison Avenue, Miller Place, with Robbery 3^rd Degree, Criminal Mischief, Reckless Endangerment and for a Violation of Parole Warrant.

Schneider was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned First District Court in Central Islip.