K-9 Hunts Down Alleged Stun Gun Attacker

A Roslyn Heights man was arrested early Saturday morning after Riverhead Police said he shocked a Jamesport Valero gas station attendant with a stun gun in an attempt to rob him of money.

Police received a call around 1:20 a.m. Saturday from the gas station attendant saying that an unknown black male, later found to be Devine Poole, 20, had approached him and demanded money. When the man refused, he reported that Poole stunned him several times while reaching into his pockets.

The suspect left with no money, fleeing on foot. Riverhead Police responded with a K-9 unit, and reported that they found Poole - who reportedly had a stun gun on him - coming out of a wooded area on the corner of White Birch Court and South Jamesport Avenue. The gas station attendant identified Poole as the man who attempted to rob him, and stunned him.

Poole was arrested on charges of attempted robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. He was remanded to Suffolk County Correctional Facility on $50,000 bail.

According to court records, Poole is due in Queens Criminal Court on May 2 on charges of theft of services.