Police: Arsonist Kills Eastern Box Turtle In Southampton Town Woodlands On Long Island
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EAST QUOGUE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Suffolk County police are trying to track down whoever started a fire earlier this month in East Quogue and killed a turtle.
It happened shortly before 3 p.m. on April 10 near Josiah Foster Path and Eisenhower Drive in the Southampton Town Woodlands.
Police said the fire is being investigated as an arson case.
It burned roughly a half acre of land and killed an eastern box turtle.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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