Crime & Safety
Felony Charges Over Candy and Chips
Local teens were charged with burglary after breaking into a St. James store.
A hankering for candy and chips landed a group of local teenagers with felony charges Friday after they broke into Saint James building and smashed a vending machine.
According to police, five teens, from Smithtown, Saint James and Commack, ages 18 and 19, broke into a building at 1 Flowerfield Sept. 6 at 12:25 a.m. The boys then took a fire extinguisher and smashed a vending machine with it, taking candy and chips.
The teens were charged with burglary in the third degree, a felony.
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