STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Surveillance footage provided to the Advance/SILive.com by an Eltingville resident features a group of what appears to be several youngsters running at full speed directly through his vinyl backyard fence — an alarming activity that’s previously peeved residents throughout the borough.
The black and white clip, which lasts just under a minute, captures four individuals loitering on the left side of Gurley Avenue directly across the street from the long white fence.
As one member of the group turns on what appears to be the light from a smartphone, he abruptly breaks into a backward run toward the right side of the screen while holding up and aiming the camera at his cohorts…