Police Seeking Man Who Vandalized A Cypress Hills Church Twice

CYPRESS HILLS – Police are looking for the man seen in the video below in connection to two criminal mischief incidents that occurred at a Cypress Hills church.

At approximately 4:55pm on Tuesday, October 31 and at 7:20am on Saturday, November, 11, police say the suspect pushed over a statue of Saint Francis located in the garden of the Blessed Sacrament Church at 198 Euclid Avenue. The base of the statue was broken.

Police describe the suspect as a Hispanic male approximately 20- to 25-years-old with a medium complexion and long black hair. He was last seen shirtless, wearing a white baseball cap, white jeans, and white sneakers.

Anyone with information in regards to the above incidents is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.