Hauppauge hate-crime vandalism suspect caught on video, cops say

Suffolk County police and Crime Stoppers have released video of a suspect spray-painting racial slurs on a vehicle parked in a Hauppauge driveway.

Sometime during the evening on Sunday, a person wearing a hoodie used spray paint on the passenger side of a 2015 Jeep parked in the driveway of a home on Woodbury Road, police said.

Police said the incident is being investigated by their Hate Crimes Unit.

Video surveillance of the act is at YouTube.com/scpdtv.

Anyone with more information can call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS (8477). All information will be kept confidential.