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Barking dog gets robbery suspect to fess up
BY EMERSON CLARRIDGE
With Suffolk police closing in on him early Saturday, bank robbery suspect Michael Hayes was so jumpy that when he heard a dog's bark he ran to the first uniformed officer he could find and turned himself in, authorities said.
Hayes, 46, of 10 Ross Avenue in Bay Shore, was walking along Sunrise Highway in West Babylon at about 2:50 a.m. Saturday when he was spooked, police said. He had received word that cops were searching for him in connection with two recent bank robberies, said Det. Sgt. Robert Doyle, commander of the Major Case Investigations Unit.
Armed with a photo of Hayes taken off bank surveillance tape, police were going door to door and canvassing the area where he lived trying to find him. Hayes, meanwhile, was trying to elude them, when he heard the dog.
"He hears a dog barking. He believes it's a police dog," Doyle said.
Believing he was facing imminent capture, Hayes walked up to officer Robert Cristando, who was handling an unrelated car accident, and turned himself in, Doyle said.
Hayes was charged with two counts of third-degree robbery. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment yesterday at First District Court in Central Islip. Judge Joseph Santorelli ordered Hayes held on $150,000 cash bail or $300,000 bond on each of the two charges.
Police said Hayes walked into the Chase Bank on Deer Park Avenue in Deer Park at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. He presented a teller at with a note demanding cash and saying he had a gun, they said.
Police believe that Hayes also robbed a Washington Mutual Bank on Sunrise Highway in West Babylon on May 30, using the same method. Detectives first received a tip about Hayes to the Crimestoppers hotline, then reviewed surveillance tape from both bank robberies and concluded Hayes was their man.
BY EMERSON CLARRIDGE
With Suffolk police closing in on him early Saturday, bank robbery suspect Michael Hayes was so jumpy that when he heard a dog's bark he ran to the first uniformed officer he could find and turned himself in, authorities said.Hayes, 46, of 10 Ross Avenue in Bay Shore, was walking along Sunrise Highway in West Babylon at about 2:50 a.m. Saturday when he was spooked, police said. He had received word that cops were searching for him in connection with two recent bank robberies, said Det. Sgt. Robert Doyle, commander of the Major Case Investigations Unit.
Armed with a photo of Hayes taken off bank surveillance tape, police were going door to door and canvassing the area where he lived trying to find him. Hayes, meanwhile, was trying to elude them, when he heard the dog.
"He hears a dog barking. He believes it's a police dog," Doyle said.
Believing he was facing imminent capture, Hayes walked up to officer Robert Cristando, who was handling an unrelated car accident, and turned himself in, Doyle said.
Hayes was charged with two counts of third-degree robbery. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment yesterday at First District Court in Central Islip. Judge Joseph Santorelli ordered Hayes held on $150,000 cash bail or $300,000 bond on each of the two charges.
Police said Hayes walked into the Chase Bank on Deer Park Avenue in Deer Park at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. He presented a teller at with a note demanding cash and saying he had a gun, they said.
Police believe that Hayes also robbed a Washington Mutual Bank on Sunrise Highway in West Babylon on May 30, using the same method. Detectives first received a tip about Hayes to the Crimestoppers hotline, then reviewed surveillance tape from both bank robberies and concluded Hayes was their man.