{"id":309669,"date":"2025-10-17T03:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/309669\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T03:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:04:23","slug":"new-york-amusement-park-break-in-suspects-stole-stuffed-animals-damaged-electrical-room-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/309669\/","title":{"rendered":"New York amusement park break-in suspects stole stuffed animals, damaged electrical room, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A trio of suspects broke into an amusement park in Westchester County, New York, last month, where they caused damage and stole prizes, police said.<\/p>\n<p>It happened at Playland Park in Rye.<\/p>\n<p>The three individuals took a small boat to Playland beach just before midnight on Sept. 23, then climbed a fence to gain access to the park, according to Westchester County Police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rye.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Boat on Playland beach \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Westchester County Police say three individuals arrived at Playland beach on a boat late on Sept. 23, 2025, then climbed a fence to break into Playland Park.<\/p>\n<p>                Westchester County Police<\/p>\n<p>Police said once inside the park, the suspects went to the electrical room, where they cut and ripped out fiber optic cables for phone and internet service.<\/p>\n<p>They also allegedly tried to throw a photo booth off the boardwalk, but were unsuccessful. Images from surveillance footage shows two of the suspects apparently trying to lift the booth over the boardwalk fence.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/playland-burglary-and-v-wcbsfg5l-hi-res-still-00-00-0712.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Two men trying to lift a photo booth over a boardwalk fence \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Intruders at Playland Park tried to throw a photo booth off the boardwalk, but were unsuccessful, Westchester County Police said.<\/p>\n<p>                Westchester County Police<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are also accused of stealing 200 stuffed animals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCPolice\/posts\/pfbid0hzpsryYzpSz1YKGU8JYTRo3JpKPfYJKFo2iaZFbi2BRRJHez74NHWQRtycxP1yrcl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Images show the suspects walking through the park with multiple large garbage bags<\/a>, which police say they used to carry the toys.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they have not yet been able to identify the suspects. Anyone who recognizes them is asked to call Westchester County Police at <strong>914-864-7916<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<p>Tips can also be left anonymously by calling <strong>800-898-8477 <\/strong>or emailing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/playland-amusement-park-break-in-theft-vandalism\/mailto:tips@wccops.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>tips@wccops.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not disclose the cost of the damage to the park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A trio of suspects broke into an amusement park in Westchester County, New York, last month, where they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":309670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,156472,37009,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-309669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-playland-park","16":"tag-rye","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115387293326157302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}