Greeburgh Police Chase and More

Police Chase: Police received a report of a shoplifter at Rite Aid on Central Avenue around 9 pm on August 17. According to the report, a large black male had exited the store with several stolen items in a blue backpack and fled on foot towards McDonalds. Police spotted the man across from McDonalds and chased him over several fences and onto the rooftop of an abandoned structure. Police ordered the man to get down from the roof, and when he refused, they shot him with a Taser gun. The gun missed the suspect, but he did jump off the roof and was intercepted by police. Swinging his arms violently he refused to put his hands behind his back. Officers shot him with the Taser again, but he continued to struggle. Finally police caught the man’s hands behind his back and he was placed under arrest.

The suspect then admitted to the theft saying, “yea I know I got caught boostin it, I was gonna sell it for a bus ticket to Cleveland.” Vernon Hall, age 43 of Fisher Avenue, White Plains, was positively identified by a Rite Aid employee and was booked and processed for possession of stolen property and resisting arrest.

Smash: A 71 year-old New Rochelle women drove her 2010 BMW into the front window of Harmon Discount Cosmetics at 165 South Central Avenue on August 18th. She claims she was parking in the lot in front of the store when the car “got away from her.”

Tires Slashed at Scarsdale Golf Club: an employee of the club, who had parked in the club lot on 8/16 found that three of his tires were slashed. The Mount Vernon man had no idea who might have done the damage.

Harassed: On August 17, the manager of Planet Fitness on Central Avenue reported that she was receiving threatening text messages from an employee that she had fired. The messages said, “you better watch your back” and that he was going to “get you fired.”

Lost and Found: A Riverdale boy left his Nintendo D.S. in California Pizza Kitchen on August 19th. Shortly after leaving the restaurant he remembered it and his mother called CPK to ask them to hold it for her. However, when they returned the restaurant manager told her it was gone.

A bag of marijuana was found in the restroom of Red Lobster on Central Avenue on Monday August 16th.

The property manager for the Central Park Dance Studio found graffiti that read “God 26” spray painted on the back of the building on Friday 8/20.

Angry: An unhappy customer at Men’s Warehouse on Central Avenue made a scene when he was unhappy with the alterations to his tuxedo on 8/19. The store employee called the regional manager but the man was not satisfied and became irate. Police arrived and helped the man calm down and come to an agreement with the store.

Animals: A complaint was received about a barking Rottweiler at 3:30 am on August 21. Police found the dog in the yard of 382 Ardsley Road but were unable to locate the dog’s owner. A town summons for loud and habitual barking was issued to the residence.

A Sherwood Road woman returned home on Friday 8/20 to find a sick cat on her doorstep. As the cat’s owner could not be found, the cat was transported to the New Rochelle Humane Society.