Also Charged with Robbing Bank in Selden
Suffolk County Police arrested a Holtsville woman for robbing a bank in Selden.
Nina Cahill entered Chase Bank, located at 999 Middle Country Road, on September 6 at 4:47 p.m., wearing a surgical mask. She presented the teller with a note demanding money. The teller complied and Cahill fled on foot with cash.
On September 7, Sixth Precinct officers in police vehicles located a 2007 Toyota Corolla that had previously been reported stolen as it was parked and occupied by Cahill on Patchogue-Holbrook Road in Holbrook at approximately 7:25 p.m. Cahill saw police approaching, backed out of the parking space and into a police vehicle before driving away and entering the Long Island Expressway westbound at Exit 61.
Cahill exited the LIE at Exit 60, to Express Drive North, reversed direction and drove the wrong way back to Exit 61, where she re-entered the westbound LIE. She drove to Exit 58 and again drove the wrong way on Express Drive North. At some point, she re-entered the LIE from an exit ramp and began traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes. A Highway Patrol officer traveling westbound saw Cahill approaching, activated lights and sirens, and slowed down as the Toyota crashed into his vehicle head-on between Exit 58 and Exit 59.
Cahill exited the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot, but the officer quickly apprehended her and placed her under arrest at approximately 8:05 p.m.
Cahill, 41, of 40 Blossom Ave., was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of stolen property. She was also charged with third-degree robbery. She was held overnight and scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on September 8.