Police: Arsonist Kills Eastern Box Turtle In Southampton Town Woodlands On Long Island

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.