Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Hate Crimes Unit detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two males who damaged a Pride Flag at a Patchogue home in May.
Two males on bikes ripped down a Pride Flag hanging from a tree at a residence on Case Avenue, causing damage on May 17 at approximately 6:35 p.m. The males described as white then yelled anti-LGBTQ slurs.
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Click on Wanted for Patchogue Criminal Mischief/Hate Crime 22-277823
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Authority: D/Lt. Scott Welshimer CC# 22-279052
Major Case CW# 22-285/DS
