Police Investigate Farmingville Tire Slashing Spree


Approximately 50 cars had tires slashed in Farmingville Saturday morning, Suffolk County Police said.

Detectives said that the damages occurred between 12 a.m. and 7 a.m., and that most of the cars belonged to residents on Roberta Avenue, College Hills Drive, Arlene Street, Hillside Road and Waverly Avenue. The amount of tires slashed per vehicle varied.

No thefts were reported.


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Authorities are searching for witnesses and reviewing surveillance video provided by homeowners to try and identify the suspects. They ask anyone with additional information about this incident to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

Nassau County Police are also investigating a string of car damages that occured Friday night into Saturday morning. Up to 27 cars in East Meadow sustained damage to their tires. Police were first alerted to the car vandalism when a woman reported that she had seen a white male wearing a dark sweatshirt and dark jeans cutting a tire on her Chevy Caravan outside of her home at 5 a.m. Saturday.

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