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'I Was Furious': 3 Teens 'Wreck' Sayville Juice Store Bathroom

A Sayville juice store is seeking the community's help to find 3 teens who vandalized its bathroom.

The teens threw garbage "everywhere" and stuffed a water bottle down the toilet, among other things, manager Robert Powers told Patch.
The teens threw garbage "everywhere" and stuffed a water bottle down the toilet, among other things, manager Robert Powers told Patch. (Robert Powers)

SAYVILLE, NY — A Sayville juice shop is asking the community's help to identify three teenagers who vandalized its bathroom and ran off.

Robert "Robby" Powers, the manager of Six Juice Market, located at 291 West Main Street, told Patch that he was closing shop on Saturday at about 5 p.m. when a teenager entered the store.

He asked Powers if he could use the store's bathroom.

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"I was just about closing up with the register," said Powers. "I figured I'll let the kid use the bathroom real quick."

Powers said he was "suspicious" after he heard no toilet flush or sounds of the hand dryer. (Robert Powers)

After he went into the bathroom, two other male teenagers entered the store.

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The first teen stayed in the bathroom for a longer period of time than compared to customers, Powers said.

"I think to myself, well, he either has really bad stomach issues, or he's racking up my bathroom," he said.

Powers told the teens to check on their friend. The three soon left in unison and speed walked out the door.

"When they leave, I don't hear the toilet flush. I don't hear the hand dryer go off," he said. "So I'm immediately suspicious."

He then checked the bathroom and found that it in disarray. Garbage was thrown "everywhere", the sink was stuffed with two rolls of toilet paper, and a water bottle was shoved down the toilet, Powers said.

The three teens speed walked as they left the store, Powers told Patch. (Robert Powers)

"I was furious," he said. "You try to wreck my store, but what was worse was you didn't say anything."

Powers told Patch he is grateful he immediately checked the bathroom, which probably prevented a back-up in the store's pipes.

He described the teens as white, and two of them "shorter" with dark hair, and the third "taller" kid had light hair.

Six Montgomery, the owner of the store, posted about the incident on social media with a picture of the teenagers, hoping the public can help identify the teenagers.

"Hopefully the community will be able to do something," said Powers. "Someone sees the kid, they noticed that it's their neighbor, their little cousin, so their parents can do something about it."


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