Arrest Made in August $100,000 Air-Conditioner Destruction

Kevin Hoyt, 30, faces charges of criminal mischief and burglary in connection with an incident last month in which six air-conditioning units were vandalized.

On September 17, the Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau arrested Hoyt, a Suffern resident.

The damage occurred between August 22 and 27 at 33 Rt. 304 in Nanuet, police said.

The owner of the location called Clarkstown Police Department on August 28, to report that 6 of the air conditioning units on the roof of his building had been destroyed by unknown suspects. The suspect dismantled the air conditioning units by removing the copper piping found inside the unit. It is believed that the copper piping was then going to be traded in for cash at a scrap metal business.

The result of the damage exceeded $100,000 in repairs, police said.

This investigation is still ongoing.

Hoyt was arraigned on the charges—criminal mischief 2nd (felony), burglary 3rd (felony) and petit larceny (misdemeanor).—today in Clarkstown Justice Court. He was sent to Rockland County Jail on $2,500 bail. He will return to court Sept. 19.