Crime & Safety

Police: Long Beach Man Used Baton in Robbery

A stun gun was also displayed during the robbery.

Editor’s note: one person’s name was removed from this report because his or her charges were dismissed.

Two men, including one from Long Beach, were arrested early Monday morning after allegedly threatening another man with an extendable baton and a stun gun and then robbing him in Oceanside.

According to Nassau County detectives, around 12:04 a.m., the 22-year-old male victim was standing in front of a home on Davison Avenue when he was dragged inside the residence by the defendants Kyle Mclaughlin, 25, of Long Beach, and [Name Removed], 25, of Oceanside.

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Once inside, Mclaughlin displayed an expandable baton and [Name Removed] displayed a stun gun when they went through the victim's pockets and took prescription medication that belonged to the victim, police said. Both defendants fled in a white Mercedes-Benz.

A short time later Fourth Precinct officers arrested both defendants without incident, police said. No injuries were reported.

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Mclaughlin was charged with robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a dangerous weapon in the fourth degree.

[Name Removed] was charged with robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a dangerous weapon.

Both will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Monday.


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