HAVERSTRAW – Haverstraw Police have arrested two 16-year-old boys in connection with two separate gunpoint robberies involving taxi drivers.
At about 8:40 p.m. on Sunday, October 4, officers responded to a reported armed robbery involving a cabbie who transported a suspect from Palisades Center mall to the Village of Haverstraw. The suspect pulled a gun, demanded money, and fled.
On October 10 at about 9:50 p.m., a second gunpoint robbery of a cabbie at the Palisades mall occurred involving two suspects. Both of them pulled guns, demanded money, assaulted the driver and fled on foot.
Ten days later, on October 20, both suspects were located and arrested by Haverstraw Police.
Both were arraigned with bail set at $50,000 for the suspect involved in both incidents and $25,000 for the second suspect.
Charges include two counts of robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and assault.
The suspects’ names were withheld because of their ages.
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