Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Meeting with Park Patrol Tuesday 08.17
August 17th's meeting at Dorchester Park went very well. We had Director of Public Safety Joe Kirstinger speak to us about Brookhaven Town's role in Public Safety/Code Enforcement and Park Rangers. We also had our COPE Officer speak to us, as well as Mark Langone who is a resident from Ronkonkoma that had issues with repeated Mailbox Vandalism (see previous posts).
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
An article from Sachem Patch today...interesting!
Mailbox Vandals Caught on Camera
Lake Ronkonkoma teens abuse neighbors property, so he shot video.
By Chris R. Vaccaro
Desperate times call for desperate measures and when your mailbox is vandalized 10 times in a six-month span, mounting a surveillance camera to catch the perpetrators qualifies.
Marc Langone, who lives in Lake Ronkonkoma, had enough and purchased a night vision camera that shoots decent quality video (see video on the right) to catch the vandals in the act.
"It was happening like clockwork," he said. "It got completely out of hand."
The last incident was July 24 around 2:30 a.m. and the video depicts a group of young teens beating up the mailbox, knocking it out of the ground and eventually running away with the property.
Suffolk County Police handed the incident off to its Crime Section group, who followed up on the case Wednesday. The department's Public Information Office confirmed that investigators are working the case now.
Langone recorded footage on June 14 with a different camera, but the quality wasn't as good.
"With that incident the group of kids were actually filming themselves too," he said. "One kid actually dove into the mailbox. The quality of my video wasn't that good. I thought maybe the police could enhance it. They said there wasn't enough detail."
Now that he has better video and an angle to possibly help exterminate the crime occurring on his property, Langone is pleased.
"It would be good to get it out there to the public," he said. "It is punishable and people are watching."
Mailbox vandalism falls under the category of "criminal mischief" in Suffolk County.
"Too often nowadays we wake up to the horror of having what would be a relaxing and event filled weekend morning turn into a trip to the local home improvement store followed by hours of repair, installation work to fix broken mailboxes or fences," Langone said.
Langone is hopeful that moving forward more people will be inclined to take proper actions against such crimes to their property.
If you have any information about these incidents, contact Suffolk County Police's Crime Stoppers hot line at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Lake Ronkonkoma teens abuse neighbors property, so he shot video.
By Chris R. Vaccaro
Desperate times call for desperate measures and when your mailbox is vandalized 10 times in a six-month span, mounting a surveillance camera to catch the perpetrators qualifies.
Marc Langone, who lives in Lake Ronkonkoma, had enough and purchased a night vision camera that shoots decent quality video (see video on the right) to catch the vandals in the act.
"It was happening like clockwork," he said. "It got completely out of hand."
The last incident was July 24 around 2:30 a.m. and the video depicts a group of young teens beating up the mailbox, knocking it out of the ground and eventually running away with the property.
Suffolk County Police handed the incident off to its Crime Section group, who followed up on the case Wednesday. The department's Public Information Office confirmed that investigators are working the case now.
Langone recorded footage on June 14 with a different camera, but the quality wasn't as good.
"With that incident the group of kids were actually filming themselves too," he said. "One kid actually dove into the mailbox. The quality of my video wasn't that good. I thought maybe the police could enhance it. They said there wasn't enough detail."
Now that he has better video and an angle to possibly help exterminate the crime occurring on his property, Langone is pleased.
"It would be good to get it out there to the public," he said. "It is punishable and people are watching."
Mailbox vandalism falls under the category of "criminal mischief" in Suffolk County.
"Too often nowadays we wake up to the horror of having what would be a relaxing and event filled weekend morning turn into a trip to the local home improvement store followed by hours of repair, installation work to fix broken mailboxes or fences," Langone said.
Langone is hopeful that moving forward more people will be inclined to take proper actions against such crimes to their property.
If you have any information about these incidents, contact Suffolk County Police's Crime Stoppers hot line at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Benches in Park
This morning I see that Benches are being placed throughout the entire park...a step in the right direction!!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Last nights incident in park
Just found out that three (3) adolescents were arrested last night for Arson in the 5th degree. They used fireworks in conjunction with gasoline to try to blow up the tube and see through bubble on the first set of playground equipment. Not sure what the point was for them to do this but they have been caught and arrested.
6 cop cars including detectives and undercover patrol, bomb squad and fire dept responded to our calls and they were here on Sycamore Ave till 4am investigating this crime.
At the park today there is the Suffolk County Dept of Labor Youth Conservative. They run an initiative to clean-up local parks.
They are weeding and cutting back vines and bushes.
Brookhaven Town Liter removal crew here cleaning today as well.
6 cop cars including detectives and undercover patrol, bomb squad and fire dept responded to our calls and they were here on Sycamore Ave till 4am investigating this crime.
At the park today there is the Suffolk County Dept of Labor Youth Conservative. They run an initiative to clean-up local parks.
They are weeding and cutting back vines and bushes.
Brookhaven Town Liter removal crew here cleaning today as well.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Tonight's goings on in park...
A group of adolescents seem to have had fireworks in the park this evening and blew up the see thru bubble on the smaller set of slides. I am not sure what else was damaged. Two people are being detained as I write this as they knew the others involved. The group of adolescents took off down the street on Midland Blvd.
SCPD, Park Rangers and Ronkonkoma Fire Dept responded. Will discuss with COPE Officer tomorrow.
If anyone knows anything else, please advise.
SCPD, Park Rangers and Ronkonkoma Fire Dept responded. Will discuss with COPE Officer tomorrow.
If anyone knows anything else, please advise.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Next Neighborhood Watch Meeting Tuesday 08.17.2010
Our next Neighborhood Watch Meeting will be on Tuesday August 17th at 6:30pm at Dorchester Park.
Brookhaven Town's Deputy Director Joseph Kistinger of Park Police/Public Safety and Park Rangers will be in attendance to speak to us. I am trying to get some Park Rangers to also attend.
I am hoping for more people to show than last meeting...please make your best efforts to save the date.
Bring a lawn chair and bottle of water.
I thank you again for your continued support to better Dorchester Park and our community.
Brookhaven Town's Deputy Director Joseph Kistinger of Park Police/Public Safety and Park Rangers will be in attendance to speak to us. I am trying to get some Park Rangers to also attend.
I am hoping for more people to show than last meeting...please make your best efforts to save the date.
Bring a lawn chair and bottle of water.
I thank you again for your continued support to better Dorchester Park and our community.
Children At Play Signage
Please notice that "Children at Play" (Park ahead) signage was installed today on Sycamore Ave per my request to the Town of Brookhaven. They are yellow diamond signs showing Children at play (meaning a park is ahead).
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Next Community Meeting's @ 4th Precinct (Dates)
Police/Community Meetings:
Please join us at our community meetings to discuss what is happening in your community and in your Police Department. The following is a listing of upcoming meetings (all meetings are held at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted):
4th Precinct. 345 Old Willets Path, Hauppauge. (631) 854-8400.
Serving the Town of Smithtown and the Villages of the Branch, Islandia and Lake Grove.
Next meetings: August 25 and September 29.
Please join us at our community meetings to discuss what is happening in your community and in your Police Department. The following is a listing of upcoming meetings (all meetings are held at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted):
4th Precinct. 345 Old Willets Path, Hauppauge. (631) 854-8400.
Serving the Town of Smithtown and the Villages of the Branch, Islandia and Lake Grove.
Next meetings: August 25 and September 29.
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