Police say they have arrested a man accused of assaulting and threatening to kill a mall employee.
Nassau County Police say that Franklyn Brown of 215-32 106th Avenue in Queens, went into a store inside the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa at 10:10 a.m. on June 21st.
Brown took a 23-year-old female employee and began punching, kicking, and choking her. He took her into the parking lot where he kept choking her and threatened to kill her.
The driver of a Brinks Armored car intervened and Brown ran away from the scene with the victim's phone.
The victim sustained injuries to her neck, eye, foot, and face.
Brown was arrested at 8:45 p.m. on Wednesday in Seaford. He was expected to be arraigned in Hempstead on Thursday.
He faces robbery, attempted kidnapping and other charges.
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As a family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra junior killed by a cop's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, questions remain about how police handled the situation.
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Authorities say one person is dead and another was injured when the vehicle they were in ran off the road and crashed into Huntington harbor on Long Island Saturday evening.
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A proposal to build a major Long Island casino with video slot machines is part of closed-door negotiations to expand casino gambling in New York.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to freeze Long Islanders' energy rates for three years as part of a proposal to end operating control of the Long Island Power Authority.
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