Overview
- Surveillance footage shows three individuals arriving by small boat to Playland Beach shortly before midnight on Sept. 23 and climbing a fence to enter the park.
- Police say the intruders cut or ripped out fiber‑optic cables for phone and internet service inside an electrical room.
- The group is accused of stealing about 200 stuffed animals in garbage bags and trying, unsuccessfully, to throw a portable photo booth off the boardwalk.
- Detectives released images to area agencies and asked for tips as the suspects, described as teens, remain unidentified with no arrests or damage estimates announced.
- County Executive Ken Jenkins condemned the vandalism as “infuriating and heartbreaking” and urged anyone who recognizes the trio to contact investigators at 914-864-7916 or 800-898-TIPS.