Crime & Safety

Graffiti Reported at Elementary School, Criminal Mischief at Storage Facility

The Suffolk County Police Department responded to the following incidents between Aug. 5 and Aug. 8.

• Graffiti was found on a modular building on the campus of Nassakeag Elementary School on Pond Path in Setauket on Aug. 5. The incident is thought to have occurred between 4 p.m. on Aug. 2 and 8 a.m. on Aug. 5 while the buildings were unoccupied over the weekend. A police spokesperson could not provide a description of the markings.

• Someone cut a hole in a chain link fence and cut the locks off of two units at a storage facility on Mark Tree Road in East Setauket on Aug. 7. Nothing appeared to be missing from either space. The incident happened at approximately 11 p.m. on Aug. 7 and was caught on surveillance video.

• A resident of Hallock Meadow Drive South in Stony Brook reported Aug. 5 that someone punctured a tire on his 2012 Toyota, which was parked in the driveway of the home. The owner said the incident, which happened Aug. 4 at 6 p.m., is the third time his car has been damaged in this way in recent months.

The following arrest information was supplied by the Suffolk County Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

• Lawrence Joseph Schaefer, 54, of Poquott, was arrested Aug. 6 in Poquott and charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a felony. Police said Schaefer used a wooden log to smash the rear window and tail lights and dent the rear end of a 2011 Nissan Rogue at approximately 6:30 a.m.


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