Another Burglary, A Fight at Chat and a Pedestrian Hit and Run

Burglars entered a Carthage Road home on 12/16 in the daylight hours when the owners were out of the house. Intruders broke a lock on a rear window of the house, entered through the window and left through a back door. The master bedroom was ransacked and a pillowcase was taken, presumably to hold stolen goods. The thieves left with three computers, $1,000 in cash and at least $4,000 worth of jewelry.

Walworth Avenue residents reported that the lock and a porch door had been drilled out sometime between 12/9 and 12/16. As far as they knew, no one had entered the house.

A Beechwood Lane man spotted a man in his backyard, looking into the second floor windows on the morning of 12/18. When the man saw the resident, he walked to the front of the house and vanished.

Fraud: On December 16, a Stratton Road woman was contacted by the Westwood, N.J. Police Department when a suspect attempted to cash one of her checks in the amount of $3,500 at a Chase Bank in Westwood. A suspicious teller alerted the bank manager who called the Scarsdale resident. In fact, the check was missing from her checkbook, but she does not know who removed it. The man who attempted to cash the check, Brent C. Butler of Tarrytown, claimed to have received the check for house painting but was arrested.

A Spier Road man came to police on 12/16 to report that someone tried to change the address of one of his bank accounts at Chase. The Chase fraud unit is handling the incident.

Too Much to Drink: Two inebriated woman got into a shoving match at Chat shortly after midnight on 12/17. According to manager Mauro Musco, one woman was so drunk that she fell to the floor. The bartender approached the woman and suggested that they leave the premises. In response, one of the drunk customers pushed the bartender in the face. The bartender was not injured and the customers agreed to leave when the police arrived.

At 3:23 am on 12/20, a Stonehouse Road woman called to report a drunk man at her front door. Police went to investigate and found a very drunk Scarsdale man on the property. He claimed he was visiting a friend, but could not remember the friend’s name. The homeowner did not know the man either and wanted him to leave the premises. The man was unsteady on his feet, slurred his words and had peed in his pants. Since he could not provide his address or phone number, police called the ambulance corps who took him to White Plains Hospital where his girlfriend met him

Disputes: A woman who practices matrimonial law received a death threat from the husband of a client. The client in Mt. Kisco told the attorney that the client’s soon-to-be ex-husband had received a text message that said, “your lawyers life is in danger.” Police agreed to do extra ride-bys of the attorney’s home.

A Wayside Lane man called police on the night of 12/18 to report that his 21 year-old son was “out of control” and to ask for assistance in getting the boy to leave the house. By the time police arrived, the son was gone.

A Potter Road woman called police on 12/19 to complain that her boyfriend, Juan Mejia had borrowed $200 from her 14 year-old son and failed to pay him back. The woman was holding Mejia’s passport until the money was returned. Mejia agreed to return the money to the boy by Thursday and the woman returned Mejia’s passport.

Gone: A Tory Lane woman came to police headquarters on 12/14 to report that a pair of diamond stud earrings, valued at $40,000 were missing from her home. She had last seen them in June and has been unable to find them.

A 2007 Toyota Sienna was repossessed from a Greenacres Avenue resident at 2 am on December 14th.

A men’s yellow mountain bike was stolen from East Parkway on 11/24, where it was locked to a rack. When the owner returned, the bike and the lock were gone.

Accidents: A 17-year-old Scarsdale boy was walking home at 12:44 am on 12/18 when he was struck by a car at the intersection of Crane Road and Woodland Place. The car did not stop and the boy was able to continue to walk home. When he got home, he was taken to White Plains Hospital by SVAC and it was determined that he had an injured foot.

A Scarsdale school bus, was sideswiped by an oncoming gray minivan on Mamaroneck Road near Barker Lane at 3:00 pm on December 15th. The driver of the minivan failed to stop. There were no injuries reported among the passengers on the bus.

Complaint: Police received a report of a noisy party on Rectory Lane at 10:30 pm on 12/17. They went by and asked the host to keep the noise down and he apologized and agreed.

Locked In: A 6 year-old child got locked in a second floor bathroom of a Greenacres Home on the morning of 12/14. The Fire Department used a ladder to get access to the bathroom and was able to open the lock and let the child out.

Animals: A woman called police on the morning of 12/14 when she found a loose dog on Madison Road. Police picked up the dog and brought it back to headquarters. They were able to locate the dog’s owner by phone and returned the dog to it’s home.

A coyote was reported at 17 Valley Road near Red Maple Swamp at 7:40 am on 12/19.

Greenburgh Police Report:

A man who lives on Bryant Street in Hartsdale turned over a gun to the Greenburgh Police for safekeeping on 12/13.

A camera bag containing a $3,000 Nikon camera was stolen from a Chevy Suburban that was parked at Planet Fitness on Central Avenue on 12/13.

Police stopped a man who was taking pictures of homes along Ardsley Road on the afternoon of 12/14. Elhdji Diaw of the Bronx, who works as a dishwasher at Pizza Hut, told police he was taking pictures of the snow to send to his brother in Africa.