Crime Nearby: Man Meets Girls At Local Bar, Gets Robbed

A 53-year-old New Jersey man picks up two girls at a Patchogue bar Friday night, but ends the night robbed by them and at least two others, says Suffolk County Police.

According to police, the man met two women outside Rudi’s Bar and Grill at 554 Route 112, engaged them in conversation and took them to a diner. The man later went with the women to the end of Cedar Avenue in Patchogue, where three men came from behind him, one holding a knife. The victim was robbed of his wallet, cell phone and satellite radio in his 1999 Toyota at approximately 1:40 a.m. Saturday. One of the suspects took the suspect’s keys and tossed them away, says police.

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The victim found his car keys and drove to the Fifth Precinct’s office at 125 Waverly Avenue in Patchogue to report the incident. After a broadcast notification was made over the radio describing the suspects, officer Arnold Reyes observed a 2009 Toyota Camry with five occupants. Reyes saw the vehicle make a turn without using a signal and pulled the car over on Gerard Street in Patchogue around 2:10 a.m. Police say Reyes noticed four of the five vehicle occupants matching the broadcast description. Inside the vehicle the knife and radio were found, and the victim’s wallet and cell phone were recovered a short distance away.

Two Patchogue residents, Dana Hallet, 24, and Melonie Lambert, 32, were charged with robbery in the first degree along with Vincent Crawley, 22 of the Bronx, and Lianna Hughes-Rivera, 25 of Farmingville. Police say the 2009 Toyota’s driver, Anthony Freeman (34 of Centereach), which was reported stolen, is also expected to be charged.