Police Accuse 3 Mohegan Lake Children of Ransacking Islamic Center

Three children are accused of ransacking the Hudson Valley Islamic Center overnight Sept. 16-17.

The incident was reported Sept. 17. Police who investigated were able to see three suspects on the center’s surveillance camera.

The next evening, a Yorktown officer in Mohegan Lake saw two young teenagers riding bicycles on the street and identified them as two of the suspects. He arrested them and took them to police headquarters. The parents of the 13-year-olds were contacted and interviewed.

A third suspect, aged 12, was identified and was later surrendered by his parent to police at headquarters, police said.

They were all charged with juvenile delinquency—if they had been adults, the charge would have been felony burglary—and are due in Westchester County Family Court Sept. 30.