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MASTIC BEACH/Not-guilty plea in videotape case

A registered sex offender from Mastic Beach who described himself as a photographer pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging that he used a hidden camera to videotape swimsuit models getting undressed before a fashion show in Southampton.

Robert Liguori, 51, is charged with eight counts of second-degree unlawful surveillance. On Wednesday, Suffolk County Court Judge Barbara Kahn ordered him held on bail of $30,000 cash.

Southampton Village police arrested Liguori last month. He is accused of putting a camera in a dressing room at a show July 12. An intern working at the event found the camera, said Robert Clifford, spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney's office.

Liguori was convicted in 2000 of federal child pornography charges.

-- Andrew Smith

WEST BABYLON/Home break-in photos released

Suffolk County police Thursday released photographs of two men who broke into and stole items from a West Babylon home in March, and they asked for the public's help identifying them.

The two forced open the front door and broke into the home between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on March 9 and stole electronics, jewelry and more, police said.

Anyone who can help is asked to make a confidential call to 800-220-TIPS.

-- Joseph Mallia

PORT JEFFERSON/Restaurant burglar's photo released

Police said a burglar kicked in the glass front door of a restaurant in Port Jefferson Station, stealing cash from a drawer beneath the front counter.

Suffolk police said the crime was captured on surveillance video; the suspect's picture was released Thursday.

The burglary occurred at 12:40 a.m. Sept. 21 at Il Port Bello on Route 112, police said. Police said the bald burglar, wearing a hooded flannel sweatshirt, light-colored pants and white sneakers, is seen taking $150 cash.

Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS. -- John Valenti

RIVERHEAD/Fire damages school locker room

A fire in the boys' gym locker room at Riverhead High School caused minor damage to one locker and its contents Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Riverhead Town police said the fire occurred at about 4 p.m. and that officers and volunteers from the Riverhead Fire Department responded.

Police said the locker "had been set on fire" but said damage was minimal. Police said a suspect has not been arrested.

Anyone with information is asked to call Riverhead police at 631-727-4500, ext. 332. -- John Valenti