Police seek men who took cellphone left at Riverhead McDonald's

Police are searching for a group of young men who were caught on surveillance video taking a lost cellphone left on the counter at a McDonald's on Flanders Road in Riverhead.

Suffolk County police said a woman accidentally left an iPhone 6 on the McDonald's counter between 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on March 8.

Video surveillance from the store showed the men at the counter and police said one of those in the group, a man wearing a light-colored hoodie, is seen taking the cellphone -- and handing it to a man behind him, wearing a Nike cap. The video is available on YouTube at: youtube/scpdtv, then click on petit larceny CC#15-4301.

Police are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”