A Brutal Fight, Busts and Losses from the Greenburgh Police

Teen trouble: A dispute between two boys in Edgemont in the early hours of the morning of August 11 turned into a brutal fight. A boy from Clarendon Place, Scarsdale got into a fight with an unknown suspect in the parking lot of the Seeley Place School at 3:50 am. The suspect pinned the Edgemont boy to the ground and punched him repeatedly in the head and the neck. After someone broke up the fight, the two continued to feud and the suspect picked up a rock the size of a baseball and struck the boy in the center of his forehead and on the left side of the face with the rock. Friends finally stopped the fight, but the Scarsdale boy suffered severe pain and discomfort to his head, neck, face and jaw and has had headaches since the incident. He wishes to press charges against his assailant.

Also on the morning of 8/11 police were called to the Daytop School on Central Avenue to resolve a dispute between a staff member and a student. The student was argumentative and aggressive because he said the staff member “snitched on him” to his mother about an incident that had occurred a few days earlier.

A 17 year-old Scarsdale boy was stopped by the manager of Rite Aid on East Hartsdale Avenue when the boy placed a bottle of vitamins, valued at $28.99 in his book bag and attempted to leave the store without paying. The store did not press charges but banned the boy from returning to the store.

A 20 year-old Ardsley Road girl reported her purse missing after three unknown boys entered her house without her permission at 1 am on 8/11. The three boys claimed to be friends with the girl’s younger brother and refused to leave so she ended the party. She went to the Candlelight restaurant with friends and got a call from her dad to say that the house alarm had gone off. The next morning she realized that her purse, including her license, credit card and wallet was missing.

Two 17 year-old Edgemont youths were charged with unlawful possession of alcohol when they were spotted with an unopened bottle of vodka in the parking lot of Funcraft on Central Avenue on Thursday night 8/12.

Money trouble: On the morning of August 11, police were called to TD Bank on Central Avenue when a woman was attempting to withdraw cash from her account. Fraudulent checks had been deposited in her account and she was withdrawing the proceeds. Police stopped Shante Monique Watkins of Jamaica, NY outside the bank and found that she had $2,250 in fraudulent funds and a bag of a substance that appeared to be marijuana in her purse. The 24 year-old woman was taken to police headquarters and arrested for possession of marijuana. The envelope containing $2,250 was returned to TD Bank and police will investigate the source of the funds.

Car trouble: A red 1998 Ford Mustang was stolen from the Sunoco Station at 858 Central Avenue sometime between midnight and 6 am on 8/12. The car was parked there as it was for sale, and it was locked and the keys were inside the shop.

A stolen 1996 Toyota Paseo, belonging to a Cortlandt Manor woman was found at 6 am on Sunday morning 8/15 on North Central Avenue. The passenger side window was open and the keys were on the seat. Police ran a DMV check on the license plates and found that the car had been stolen on 8/12.

A Montrose Road woman reported that her GMC Envoy was damaged while parked at the Hartsdale train station on Friday August 13th. No one left a note.

Thefts: A cashier at Marshalls was arrested for stealing cash from the register on the evening of 8/12. The store’s Loss Prevention Manager reported the theft.

On Friday 8/13, an employee of Radio Shack saw a customer unlock a Boost mobile cell phone from the shelf and leave the store without paying for it. The employee chased the suspect and managed to grab the phone, but the suspect knocked the employee off his feet. The suspect then got into a green Toyota SUV and fled. Even though the employee recorded the license plate number, the store decided not to pursue the incident.

Lucio Rosas, age 45 of Ferris Avenue White Plains was arrested outside Best Buy on Sunday 8/15. He had removed the security device from a Dell Inspiron Laptop Computer, put the computer behind his back and left the store without paying. When he was taken to the police station he was also found to be drunk.

A Fishkill woman left her fanny pack at McDonald’s on Central Avenue on the evening of 8/13. When she realized, she returned to claim it, but McDonald’s was closed for the night. The next morning when she went back again, the fanny pack was gone. The store will check the videotape to see if they can find out what happened.

A Manhattan man left his fanny pack in addressing room in TJ Maxx on Central Avenue when he was trying on some clothes on the afternoon of 8/15. About an hour later he realized it was missing and returned to the store; but his pack that contained a digital camera, passports and $90 was gone.