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MOUNT SINAI • MILLER PLACE • SOUND BEACH • ROCKY POINT • SHOREHAM • WADING RIVER
Vol. 31, No. 47
June 23, 2016
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Meet your top teens Looking back and ahead for this year’s class leaders
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Of a Botanical Nature Exhibition Also: One on One with Jeffrey Sanzel, R & B Book Review
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Big bust uncovers bomb manual, Nazi materials BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN Assault rifles and bomb-making instructions were just a few of the items found inside a Mount Sinai home early last Thursday. At 6 a.m., on Miller Place Middle Island Road, just before it merges into Mt. Sinai-Coram Road and Miller Place Road, brothers Edward and Sean Perkowski were arrested after authorities executing a search warrant uncovered a .40-caliber Glock, six assault rifles, four rifles, 25 high-capacity magazines, one
shotgun, one stun gun, more than $40,000 in cash, approximately 4 ounces of marijuana, approximately 26 grams of illegal mushrooms, 14 knives and between 3,000 and 5,000 rounds of ammunition, Nazi material and a self-made manual on how to make bomb. The Nazi-related material included framed photos of Adolf Hitler, Nazi flags with swastikas and books on white supremacy. Edward Perkowski, 29, currently faces drugs and weapon charges, and Sean, 25, was charged
with an outstanding warrant. “This was a public threat on multiple fronts,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini said. “We have two individuals who clearly subscribe to a hateful, violent ideology, who had an illegal arsenal at their fingertips.” Although unable to discuss the details of the case as the investigation is still ongoing, such as if an event to use the arsenal of weapons was planned, whether they’ve been cooperative or if they were working
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Photos from SCPD
Above: Edward Perkowki’s mug shot. At top, some of the Nazirelated items, weapons and cash found in the Mount Sinai home.
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