Crime & Safety

Police Seek Two Teens for Destroying Security Cameras

Suffolk County police are seeking the public's help in identifying two men who destroyed a non-profit's security cameras to enter local store.

 

Suffolk County police are seeking public help in identifying two teens accused of destroying the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Suffolk's security cameras in August.

Police said on Aug 12 a man threw a sheet of white material over a outside surveillance camera at UPC of Suffolk at approximately 12:10 a.m. The man then entered Main Street Liquors,at 9 Smiths Lane in Commack. Surveillance video later shows the camera shaking.

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When two UPC employees later checked the outside of the building, they found two security cameras were broken off their mounts and stolen. A third security camera's bracket was broken.

Police said the two suspects are white male teenagers, approximately 15-16 years old. They fled the scene in a white two-door car.

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Police ask anyone with further information on this crime to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-Tips. All calls will be kept confidential. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest.


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