15-yr.-old vandalizes bench with graffiti: Cops

BAYSIDE — A 15-year-old boy has been caught creating graffiti in Bayside.

The boy, whose name is not being released because he is a minor, was observed writing the tag “SP1” on a park bench near the intersection of 215th Place and 33rd Avenue at 6 p.m. May 28, according to police.

When he was picked up, the youth also had a box-cutter in his pocket, police said.

The boy was charged with criminal mischief and weapons possession, police said.