Police Offering $5,000 For Info on LIRR Graffiti Incidents

NASSAU COUNTY, NY - Police will be offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in painting graffiti along the local Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) route, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced on Monday.

Over the past few weeks, residents have witnessed an increase in graffiti along the LIRR branches of Bellmore, Massapequa, Merrick, Seaford and Wantagh, according to Mangano.

While the LIRR works to remove such vandalism, the Nassau County Police Department, along with MTA Police, are on patrol.

“Nassau County will not tolerate quality of life crimes such as graffiti as it hurts property values, drives away business, and takes away from our suburban way of life," Mangano said. "Graffiti is everyone’s problem and residents can do their part by reporting graffiti along the Long Island Rail Road or on County properties to my office so that it can be removed."

The recent graffiti incidents have typically occurred overnight and generally consist of tags, police said.

The NCPD have assisted MTA police with assets including: increased marked cars; uniformed officers; plainclothes detectives; and remotely monitored video surveillance cameras on station platforms.

To assist police, Crime Stoppers is asking anyone with any information about these crimes, to call their toll free hotline at 1-800-244-TIPS (8477) or contact the MTA Police Detective Division District #2 directly at (516) 222-6501 (refer to PD Case Report COPE #3-16.)

Residents do not have to reveal their identity to help solve these crimes.