Crime & Safety
Islip Man Painted ‘Large Swastika’ On Centre Island Stop Sign: PD
Oyster Bay constables made the discovery at about 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 31, Nassau police said.
CENTRE ISLAND, NY — An Islip man spray-painted a large blue swastika on a stop sign in Centre Island in January, Nassau County police said Thursday.
Police said that at about 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 31, Oyster Bay constables “discovered what appeared to be a large swastika spray-painted” in blue on a stop sign “on a roadway” and notified the Centre Island Police Department.
The case was forwarded to Nassau police detectives, and it was “considered a bias incident,” police said. After a “thorough investigation” detectives arrested Ivan Martinez, 19, on a charge of first-degree aggravated harassment, a felony, police said. He was additionally charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief and making graffiti, which are both misdemeanors, police said.
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Martinez was issued an appearance ticket for First District Court in Hempstead on May 17.
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