Crime & Safety
Boys With Wheelchair Set Fire To Trucks By Manhattan Bridge: NYPD
Video shows the suspects leaving the scene rolling a wheelchair with a small black dog seated on it, police said.
LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — Two boys snuck into a garage under the Manhattan Bridge Saturday, doused four vehicles with gasoline and set them on fire, police said Monday.
A report was made to police on Aug. 25 that at 3:40 p.m. two young boys managed to slip under a fence into 123 Madison Street near Mechanics Alley. Once inside the garage, the kids coated three trucks and a backhoe tractor with accelerant and set them on fire, authorities said.
The flames caused major damage to the vehicles.
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Security camera footage shows the two suspected arsonists strolling away from the scene. One is seen wearing a white t-shirt, black and white shorts and black sneakers. He is pushing a wheelchair with a small black dog seated on it. The second suspect is seen wearing blue jeans, dark-colored sneakers and carries a stick in each of his hands.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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