Crime & Safety

Police: Man Writes Name in Graffiti on Port Jeff Wall, Gets Caught

A Calverton man was arrested Tuesday after police say he covered a wall in Port Jefferson Village with graffiti. 

Village officials reported that between Feb. 14-15, a person covered a wall located on Surf Avenue near the entrance to the Setauket Yacht Club with graffiti, including the graffiti tag “Timothy of the Seven Seas.”

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Sixth Precinct Gang Unit officers received a lead from a Port Jefferson Village Constable and following an investigation by the Gang Unit, it was determined that Timothy Saunders, 23, was responsible for the graffiti, police said.

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Officers Christopher Standard and Michael Repperger arrested Saunders Tuesday at 11:55 p.m. in Coram. Saunders was in possession of the painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone at the time of the arrest, police said.

Saunders is charged with misdemeanor making graffiti, felony fourth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. 

Police said the investigation into possible additional graffiti incidents is ongoing.

Saunders was arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Central Islip. He was released on $12,500 bond. 


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