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Man Arrested For Threatening Lives Of Huntington Town Hall Employees



February 5, 2013

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Robert Murphy, 55, allegedly stated he would “come back, kill some people, and then kill myself.”

robert_murphy.jpg (Long Island, NY) A Huntington resident was arrested after he allegedly threatened to murder Huntington Town Hall employees after a dispute over a parking ticket, according to Suffolk County police.

55 year-old Robert Murphy had gone to Huntington Town Hall on Main Street on Wednesday of last week to attempt to have a parking ticket for a handicapped parking violation he had received dismissed, according to authorities.

Unsuccessful, he stormed out of the building in a reportedly irate manner, yelling death threats at a woman on the way, according to police.

I’ll come back, kill some people, and then kill myself,” Murphy is reported to have said in a statement that Second Squad Det. Sgt. John O’Sullivan gave to Newsday in a published report.

Police detectives arrested Murphy at his Hazard Avenue residence in Huntington Station at approximately 9:35 a.m. Saturday and recovered a .45 caliber rifle from his home. According to officials, Murphy was taken from the scene to Stony Brook University Hospital for a mental health evaluation.

After later being released from the hospital, Murphy was taken to the Suffolk County Police Second Precinct for processing.

Murphy was arraigned on Sunday at First District Court in Central Islip on the felony charge of making a terroristic threat and ordered to be held on $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 bond.

Murphy’s next court date is Feb, 7.


 


 

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2 Responses to “Man Arrested For Threatening Lives Of Huntington Town Hall Employees”

  1. J Doe on February 5th, 2013 3:17 am

    Now here’s the real story: On Wed 1/30/13 The defendant who is physically handicapped and has a long history of mental illness did indeed make statements outside of the building to another unknown civilian who was ranting and raving about how high the taxes were in Huntington. An unknown town employee walking by stated she heard the defendant make a threatening statement while engrossed in conversation with the unknown civilian.
    On Thursday 1/31/13, suffolk county police responded to the home of the defendants parents at approx. 11:00 am and asked the defendants father if the suspect lived there and he stated no. The police then asked the father to call the suspect on his cell phone and have him come to the home of his parents which the father did. The police then asked the father if he (the father) owned any firearms and the father stated he legally possessed a rifle. The police then asked the father to “voluntarily” surrender his firearm for “safekeeping” not evidence to which the father complied.
    The police then proceeded to search the home, in closed closets, containers, etc. without permission of the homeowner and without a search warrant.
    At approx. 11:30 hrs the defendant arrived at the fathers residence with knowledge that the police were looking for him and they placed him in handcuffs without incident and brought him to Stonybrook for a psychiatric evaluation. He was released that night.
    On Friday 2/1/13 at approx. 4:40 pm, Suffolk county 2nd pct detectives arrived at the home of the defendants parents again, looking to arrest the suspect. They again approached the father, where as he stated he had not seen the defendant and he does not live here.They police left without incident.
    On Saturday 2/2/13 at approx. 8:30 am, the police again responded in force to the home of the parents and began to aggressively question the defendants mother as to his whereabouts. They then demanded permission to search the house which the mother denied, the police then began yelling at the defendants mother even louder and again asked for permission to search, again she said no. After the 3rd attempt and screaming in the face of the defendants mother and putting her in fear. the officers took it upon themselves to conduct an illegal search of the entire dwelling to which there was no suspect.
    At approximately 12pm the suspect was located and arrested in the mall parking lot walking to his vehicle and charged with “Threats of Terrorism” class d felony.
    During the interim the father went to the 2nd pct to regain possession of his firearm for which his was originally told was being kept for safekeeping and the police denied release of the legally possessed weapon. Magically the weapon was now being held as evidence in the case to create a false felony charge of Threats of Terrorism.
    Subsequently the police are refusing to release any information regarding this case to the family, and the false press release conjured up by Det/Sgt John Osullivan on news 12 has now been recanted.
    All the officers involved in this case directly or indirectly will be the subject of an Internal Investigation as well an investigation from outside agencies. The real story here is the corruption by the police in this case. The police are not going to escape this one unscaved.

    - Posted by: J Doe

  2. J Doe on February 5th, 2013 8:27 pm

    The Arresting officer in this case is Det. Niemir Suffolk County 2nd pct squad. She and all the uniformed officers involved in this case will be the subject an internal and external investigation regarding official misconduct, coercion and unlawful search and seizure in connection with this case.

    - Posted by: J Doe

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