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'Person of interest' being investigated in connection with knifepoint robbery spree

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Nassau County police arrested a man in Floral Park Wednesday afternoon, officials said, who is being investigated in connection with numerous knifepoint robberies across the county since at least January.

At 7:55 a.m. on Wednesday, the Nassau County Police Department received a call for backup from the Floral Park Police Department for a burglary incident, after which the man was taken into custody. He fit the description of a serial knifepoint robber who has struck in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and most recently in Queens, police said. They did not immediately provide the exact location of the arrest, and the investigation is ongoing.