Sales to Underage Drinkers and a Car in the Stream

A Tompkins Road man and his 15 year-old daughter were parked in the gravel lot of Scarsdale High School in their 2002 Toyota Suburban on the afternoon of 11/21. The girl inadvertently put the car in drive and it surged forward, hit a sign and then rolled into the stream.

On 11/20 a Saxon Woods Road man was backing his 2005 Toyota Camry out of a driveway at 43 Palmer Road when the front end of the car fell into a drainage ditch. R&D Towing was called to pull the car out of the ditch.

A Tuckahoe man riding his bike west on Church Lane says a car hit him at 8:44 am on November 16. The car was a taxi owned by the Jefferson Cab Company and the driver of the cab denied hitting the biker, who complained of pain and requested help from SVAC. However, when the ambulance arrived, the biker refused treatment.

Unsafe Driver: The adult daughters of a 90 year-old Birchall Drive woman came to police on 11/18 to report that they were taking away their mother’s 2000 Mercedes convertible and cancelling her driver’s license. The elderly woman had three accidents in the last two months and failed a recent road test.

Identity Theft: A Palmer Avenue woman reported that someone made $68.09 in purchases from a pornographic website called Naked.com sometime between October 14 and November 18. The person used the woman’s professional name to make the purchases.

Stolen: A Brite Avenue woman locked her bike to a rack on East Parkway on the morning of November 15th. When she returned at 6 pm her 21-speed hybrid bike, valued at $500 and her combination lock were gone.

Lost: A 15 year old Scarsdale boy lost a 22” gold link chain and cross near the school and his mother came to police to report the missing necklace.

Found: The Highway Department found a Motorola radio in a leaf pile at the corner of Barry and Tunstall Roads on November 15th. It turned out to belong to Con Edison and they came to headquarters to retrieve it.

Noise: Police received a call about noisy kids in the stairwell of CVS on Popham Road at 11 pm on November 19th. They said they were waiting for their parents to pick them up and wanted to stay warm. They were told to leave the area.

Coyotes were reported at Corell Park at 10:40 am on 11/21 and in the yard of a Horseguard Lane home at 2:20 on 11/21.

From the Greenburgh Police: The Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force caught several establishments selling and serving liquor to underage buyers last week. On the night of 11/18, an underage agent of the Task Force purchased liquor from the Hartsdale Wine store at 391 North Central Avenue in Hartsdale. Since the store sold the underage man the liquor the store employee was issued a court appearance ticket for the unauthorized sale of alcoholic beverages to a minor. A similar incident occurred at Morton Williams on Central Avenue on 11/18 where alcohol was sold to an underage agent and an appearance ticket was issued. On the night of 11/19, an underage Task Force member was served a drink at The Cabin on Knollwood Road and the restaurant and the bartender were issued appearance tickets.

Drunk Drivers: Irvin Elias of Paramus New Jersey was arrested for driving while intoxicated on West Hartsdale Avenue on the evening of 11/15. Elias, age 56 was stopped for erratic driving and admitted to drinking beer at the Candlelight and taking a Xanax. His 2005 Ford Taurus was impounded.

At 1:45 am on 11/19 Paul Lynch of White Plains was stopped in his car on Central Avenue after he crossed the yellow line into the oncoming lane of traffic. He failed sobriety tests and was arrested and taken to headquarters where he was found to have a blood alcohol level of .29%.

Pedestrian Hit: Michael Chen, age 39 of Fort Hill Road Scarsdale, was hit by the passenger side view mirror of a car around 7 pm on 11/17. He had just gotten off the bus and was walking home when the car struck his left hip and elbow. The driver did not stop.

On the night of 11/17, a security officers at Marshalls reported that three men were shopping in the store for about an hour when a cab pulled up and the three fled the store with merchandise still on it’s hangers. The Marshall’s employees only realized what happened when the unpaid merchandise activated the door sensors.

Arrest: A 17 year-old Woodlands High School boy was found drinking with another boy behind TJ Maxx on Central Avenue on the afternoon of 11/19. Police found the boy’s friend semi-conscious due to overconsumption. He was taken to White Plains Hospital for treatment. The Woodlands High School student was found with a small bag of marijuana and he was arrested for unlawful possession.