Crime & Safety
Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime at Sayville Park Facility
A swatiska was discovered in a bathroom at Broadway Avenue park.
Suffolk Police are investigating a possible hate crime, this time in Sayville, involving a swatiska and graffiti at a local park.
According to police a swatsika was painted in a bathroom at the Broadway Avenue Park on June 26.
It is the second potential hate crime incident between West Sayville and Blue Point and was discovered a day after a swatiska was found painted on the Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church on Montauk Highway in Blue Point.
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Suffolk police told Patch the incidents are both being investigated by the department's Hate Crimes Unit.
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