Riverhead Man Arrested After Attempted Bank Robbery

Riverhead resident Jesse Stewart, 37, was arrested for his alleged role in a Deer Park bank robbery on Monday.

Stewart, of 2 Alders Gate, was arrested on charges of one count of robbery in the 3rd degree for his alleged connection to a bank robbery that took place in Deer Park on Monday. Stewart was allegedly the driver of the getaway car in the incident.

Suffolk County Police arrested Bay Shore resident Jean Coughlin, 45, who allegedly entered a branch of Chase Bank, located at 615 Grand Boulevard, at 3:22 p.m. on Monday and handed the bank teller a handwritten note demanding cash and threatening violence.

The teller complied with Coughlin’s alleged demands and gave her cash from her drawer. As Coughlin attempted to leave the bank with the cash, a bank customer, who had watched the allegedly robbery unfold, prevented Coughlin from leaving the bank by detaining her until the police arrived.

Suffolk County First Precinct Patrol Officers placed Coughlin under arrest; she was charged with one count of robbery in the 3rd degree in connection with the alleged robbery.

Coughlin, of 1F Hemlock Drive in Bay Shore, was subsequently charged with two more counts of robbery in the 3rd degree for two other bank robberies she allegedly committed in Suffolk County this year.

Stewart was held at the Seventh Precinct in Shirley overnight. Both will be arraigned Wednesday in First District Court in Central Islip.

 A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate convictions.