Suffolk County Police Arrest Detective for Hate Crime in Manorville
Suffolk County Police today arrested a Manorville man for harassing and intentionally damaging a man’s vehicle in Manorville due to the man’s race.
A subcontractor for a cellular company was working in a GMC Terrain at the corner of Sylvan Court and Weeks Avenue on November 3 at 7 p.m. when he was approached by a man who questioned what the subcontractor was doing in the area. The man, who identified himself as a law enforcement officer, refused to look at the worker’s credentials. The man then kicked the GMC, causing damage, ripped off the light affixed to the top of the vehicle and threw it at the worker, who is Black, while using a racial slur.
Following an investigation by Hate Crimes Unit detectives, John Murphy, 40, of Manorville, who is a Rockville Centre Police Department detective, was charged with two counts of Criminal Mischief 4th Degree as a Hate Crime, a felony, and Aggravated Harassment 2nd Degree, a misdemeanor. Murphy will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on November 13.