The Fro-Yo bandit is on ice.
Cops nabbed an alleged serial robber, who held-up at least 10 businesses throughout Brooklyn — including hitting the same Tasti-D-Lite in Park Slope three times, authorities said yesterday.
Robert Coston, 47, was arrested Friday afternoon at the Linden Motor Inn in East New York Friday.
Cops tracked down him down after getting a tip from Crimestoppers.
Coston, who is homeless and has 16 prior arrests dating back to 1985, confessed to robbing 10 stores, cops said.
Charges are pending. It was not immediately clear if the gun he allegedly used during the stick-ups was recovered.
Coston’s spree began on Oct. 17 when he first robbed the Tasti-D-Lite on Seventh Avenue, cops said.
He next allegedly struck the Blue Marble Ice Cream Restaurant on Court Street in Cobble Hill on Oct. 22.
Coston also robbed two different Subway restaurants, cops said.
Besides hitting the same places multiple times, Coston's modus operandi also included apologizing to his victims.
Tasti D-Lite owner Mayer Levy earlier said Coston was “very calm” during the gunpoint robberies.
“He said, ‘I’m sorry. I hate to do this. I have a family to feed,’ ” Levy said.
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