Riverhead police are looking for a male suspect who robbed a parking lot attendant at the Long Island Aquarium Saturday afternoon and punched another employee, authorities said.

At about 3:48 p.m., the suspect demanded a money bag from one of the aquarium’s parking attendants at its Ostrander Avenue parking lot, Riverhead police said in a news release. The suspect then punched an aquarium employee, obtained the bag of cash, and ran from the area, the news release said. 

Riverhead police would not comment Sunday.

A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Newsday Staff

'I'm going to try to avoid it' A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Newsday Staff

'I'm going to try to avoid it' A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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