Burglary, Car Theft and Missing Jewelry from the Police

Scarsdale Police Report: Burglary: A Hillview Road man found an open kitchen skylight and dirt on the table beneath it when he returned home on 5/5 around 5 PM. It appeared that someone got in through the skylight and entered the master bedroom where they tossed the room and took jewelry valued at $2,200. The burglars also rifled through another bedroom and a home office and pried open a lock box. Though the house is alarmed there was no alarm on the skylight and the motion sensors where not on at the time of the incident. The residents had their gutters cleaned the previous week and police tried to reach the workmen.

Gone: a green 2009 Toyota Highlander, valued at $41,000 was taken from a Clarence Road home during the night of 5/2-5/3. The car was locked and keys were inside the house. There were no apparent signs of force and the man’s Honda Accord was untouched.

A Heathcote resident came to police on 5/5 to say that $62,000 in jewelry was missing from his home. He said that his wife reported that the jewelry was missing from her jewelry box but that he did not suspect anyone of stealing it. He provided the police with photos of the jewelry which included a diamond engagement ring, a yellow diamond ring, a ruby ring and diamond stud earrings.

Arrest: Police stopped a man driving a 2002 Acura at 1 am on May 9 while doing routine traffic enforcement. They found that the car smelled of marijuana, the driver’s eyes were bloodshot and his speech was slurred. They asked the man to get out of the car and found several plastic bags of marijuana in the car. The man admitted to smoking pot and was arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana and unlicensed operation of a car since his license was suspended. Shkelzen Zherka, age 19 of Garth Road was taken to police headquarters for booking, given a court date and released on $100 bail.

Diaquane Williams, age 21 of New Rochelle was pulled over by police after her ran a traffic light on East Parkway on Friday afternoon May 7. A computer check of his license showed that he had 8 suspensions. He was arrested and released on $100 bail.

Tree Damage: A Popham Road woman parked her car on Authenreith Road on May 8th. When she returned to the car later that day, a tree branch had fallen on the 2002 Chrysler and damaged the roof, trunk and rear window. Police removed the branch from the car and it was towed to Ted Herman’s auto shop for repair.

Car break-ins: Vandals broke the rear drivers side window of a car parked in the Crossway Parking lot on Friday evening May 7. They made off with a pocketbook, textbooks and personal papers.

The front passenger window of a 2007 Acura parked in the Alternative School Parking lot was smashed n the morning of May 5th. Missing from the car was a black tote bag valued at $1,500 containing a driver’s license, credit card, keys and $60 in cash.

Stolen Bicycle: A $600 bike, parked and locked on East Parkway was stolen on May 3rd.

A Verizon worker called police to say that a crew from Pioneer Valley Cable was working in a Verizon manhole without authorization on May 4. A utility coordinator for Cablevision arrived and said that Pioneer had been hired by Cablevision and claimed to have permission from Verizon. Police attempted to reach Verizon but were unable to verify that the workers had permission to be in the manhole so they left.

Argument – an Edgewood Road man called police on 5/6 when he was trying to get the car keys back from his drunk wife. He did not want her to drive. Police arrived and mediated.

A Benedict Road woman called police on 5/6 to report that someone had placed items including doors, garbage bags, a hot water heater and a toy castle in her dumpster. In addition, lawn furniture that she had placed in the dumpster had been removed from the container to make room for these items. She noticed that work was being done across the street and suspected that workers there may have been depositing refuse in her container.

On Saturday afternoon and evening high winds whipped up and brought back memories of the big storm in March. Many trees and branches came down with incidents reported on Walworth, Taunton Road, Circle Road, Fenimore Road, Stratton Road, Overhill Road, Post Road, Brambach Road and Mamaroneck Road. A newspaper vending machine blew over and struck a car on East Parkway and wires were down on Boulevard, Ridgecrest East, Madison and Montrose Roads. The winds continued on Sunday morning where another tree fell on Brewster Road and a tree limb leaned on a power line at Chesterfield Road.

Greenburgh

A 2005 black Mercedes Benz disappeared from a Fort Hill Road driveway sometime during the night of May 5. The resident awoke on the morning of May 6 to find the car gone, though he had left if locked in the driveway. The man also reported that he was three months behind in his lease payments however after making some calls he found out that the car had not been repossessed by the bank.

An Evandale Road resident found a stranger in her yard when she returned home around 4 pm on Friday May 7. She asked him if he was there to read the meter, and he replied “yes” and left the property. However a few hours later she called Con Edison who said that the meter was not due to be read until the following week. The man was described as a black male, 5’11”, age 30-35 years old, wearing a black button down shirt and gray slacks.

An iPod touch was taken from the backpack of a Withington Road boy while he was at school at Edgemont High School. The incident was reported to police on May 8.

Luis Evangelista, age 40 or New York City was caught stealing four bottles of cologne from Marshalls on Central Avenue on Saturday May 8th. The security officer saw the man conceal the bottles and leave the store. Evangelista was stopped outside the store and brought back in for questioning when he admitted the theft. He was taken to Greenburgh Police for booking.

Ramonita Ortiz, age 42 of Yonkers was spotted taking 4 X box games from Best Buy and concealing them in a foil lined bag on Saturday night May 8. The foil-lined bags are used because they block store sensors. She exited the store, the security officer stopped her and she was taken to the Greenburgh Police for booking.

A live rooster was found on Fox Glen Drive in Hartsdale on Sunday May 9. Animal control personnel responded and caught the bird.