(Long Island, NY) Suffolk County Police on Friday, April 1 arrested a St. James man for tampering with red light cameras in Smithtown.
A passing motorist called 911 to report a man placing plastic bags over two red light cameras at the intersection of Main Street and Landing Avenue at approximately 5:30 p.m. Based on the description given by the 911 caller, Bryan Valentine was located by a responding officer a short distance away.
Suffolk County Police on Friday, April 1 arrested Bryan Valentine, 26, of St. James for tampering with red light cameras in Smithtown. Photo Credit: Chris Boyle.
Valentine, 26, was charged with two counts of Criminal Tampering 2nd Degree. He will be held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned on April 2 at First District Court in Central Islip.
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