The Suffolk County Police Department held a 1:30 p.m. press conference on Tuesday, June 3rd, to provide an update about an interesting case first reported the previous night.
Kyle Vazquez of Coram was arrested on June 2nd, and charged in connection with video recordings that allegedly depict him engaging in a slew of asinine escapades.
One shows Vazquez dumping a large container of eggs on his head in front of the Middle County Road-located Ralph’s Italian Ices in Centereach on April 29th.
He reportedly fled the scene via automobile, leaving behind the eggs and broken shells where he stood as he high-tailed it out of there.
Vazquez subsequently uploaded the video to social media. His Instagram account has 75,000 followers, but all posts have since been removed.
However, his TiKTok profile advertised in the bio of his seemingly-now halted Instagram – tommytuffknuckles8 – is still up and running at 101.6K followers and nearly 5 million likes.
A quick survey of Vasquez’ posts on this platform confirms a pattern of bombarding unknowing storegoers and street pedestrians with “gotcha” stunts in exchange for online clout within the “embarrassment and cringe humor” market.
An investigation by the Sixth Precinct Investigative Unit commenced following the Ralph’s incident and its prolific performance on social media.
Naturally, additional footage, incidents and victims were instantly detected.
The shock-value jokester shirtlessly poured a bucket of beans over his head and onto the floor at Wing Wah in Centereach on April 30th at approximately 8:45 p.m.
Later, between May 19 and May 24, Vazquez recorded additional disturbances he created within two homes in Centereach and one in Selden. In doing so, he filmed residents of all three—and the insides of their homes—without their consent.
Vazquez was arrested at the home of a friend in Centereach on Monday night at around 8:20 p.m., and was formally charged with three counts of Dissemination of an Unlawful Surveillance Image in the First Degree, three counts of Unlawful Surveillance in the Second Degree, and two counts of Criminal Tampering.
He was arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on June 3rd.