A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Friday for allegedly vandalizing the memorial of a fallen Navy SEAL.
The boy was charged with second-degree criminal mischief, pending an arraignment, Fox 5 reported.
Suffolk County Police were notified of the vandalism on Thursday. By 3 a.m. on Friday, the teen had been arrested in his home, Fox News reported.
The Lt. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Park in Lake Ronkonkoma was dedicated to Murphy in 2009. It would have been his 30th birthday.
A granite stone with an image of Murphy had been shattered, as seen by a photo police released to Facebook.
