Suffolk PD Investigating Series Of Break-ins In Brookhaven Town

FARMINGVILLE, NY — Suffolk police investigating whether five break-ins ranging between last Sunday in Holbrook and early Saturday in Farmingville are related.

Police said a suspect broke the rear glass door and swiped cigarettes from a gas station on Middle Country Road in Coram just before midnight on Friday. The suspect left the store on foot, police said.

About an hour later, just before 1 a.m., someone smashed the front glass door and damaged a display case, then stole four cell phones from Karlha’s Enterprises on Horsebloack Road in Farmingville, according to police.

Businesses in Terryville and Medford were burglarized within a span of hours on Friday, police said.

Sometime between midnight and 4 a.m., a door was broken at Dunkin' on Route 112 in Terryville and money was stolen, police said. The front door of Speedway on Horseblock Road in Medford was broken open with a crowbar and money and cigarettes were stolen just before 3 a.m., according to police.

No other details were immediately available about the burglaries.

It's under investigation if all the burglaries are related to that of Hummus Mediterranean Grill in Holbrook on Jan. 9, a police spokeswoman said. The restaurant had its window broken by a burglar at about 6:30 a.m. and the burglar "fled when they realized there was an employee in the store," police said.

The restaurant was one of about 12 throughout Holbrook, Bohemia, Smithtown, Lake Grove, and East Setauket that were burglarized between Sept. 23 and Oct. 7. At about 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 6, a concrete block was thrown through a glass door and money was taken.

The Jan. 9 burglary is under investigation as to whether it is connected to the burglary pattern from the fall, a police spokeswoman said.