NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A scarecrow was found hanging by a noose outside a senior center on Long Island in an incident police are investigating as a hate crime, authorities said Monday.
Someone removed the scarecrow from the front of North Amityville Senior Center, on Cedar Road in North Amityville, and hung it from a trellis behind the center with a noose at some point between Friday at 4:40 p.m. and Monday at 12:05 p.m., Suffolk County police said.
The Suffolk County Police Hate Crimes Unit is investigating the incident as a hate crime, the department said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Hate Crimes Unit detectives at 631-852-6553 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-220-TIPS.
