Underage Drinking In Edgemont and Arrests in Scarsdale

The younger ex-girlfriend of a 65 year-old Scarsdale man was arrested for Grand Larceny when he discovered that she had stolen his checks and made wire transfers from his account. Natashia Balletty, age 41 of Queens Village forged 12 checks with a total value of $3,000 and made five wire transfers from the man’s account to pay her television and cable bills – for another $980. Balletty was arrested on January 28 while at work and taken to Westchester County Jail where bail was set at $2,000.

The early morning hours of January 29 proved to be a busy time for the Scarsdale Police: At 12:40 am on January 29th, police arrested Mossimo Rizzo, a 49 year-old Eastchester man. Police stopped him at Post and Popham Roads where he was driving a 1999 Volkswagen, without a license, without insurance in an unregistered car without valid license plates. He was arrested and released pending a court date.

At 4 am police arrested Lloyd Whea, age 26 from Yonkers when Whea went through a red light at Post and Mamaroneck Roads. Police stopped him as he was travelling south on Post Road and found that his eyes were bloodshot, he smelled like liquor and failed the sobriety test. His blood alcohol level was .19, more than double the legal limit. He was booked, issued a summons for driving while intoxicated and released to his wife, pending his appearance in court on Wednesday February 2nd.

At 4:15 am, while officers were busy with Mr. Whea, another driver sped by them on the Post Road. Police pursued the car and were able to stop it at the corner of Post Road and Wayside Lane. The driver identified himself as Michael Green, age 32. Though he held a driver’s license from Georgia, Green currently lives in Mt. Vernon. Green had glassy eyes, and slurred speech and Police smelled alcohol on his breath. When they smelled marijuana in the car, they ordered Green to get out, and placed him under arrest.

However, the story doesn’t end there. While Green was sitting in the holding cell at the police trailer, the officer saw the defendant reach into the back of his pants and pull something out. It turned out that he had nine bags of crack cocaine in his pants as well as another bag of grass in his underwear. He also had $1293 cash. Green was charged with DWI, speeding, unlawful possession of marijuana and criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was found to have a blood alcohol level of .14. He was arraigned before Judge Arlene Katz and sent to Westchester County Jail. No bail was set.

Burglary: A home at 21 Old Lyme Road, owned by the Republic of Trinidad was entered sometime between January 21 and January 24. No one was home when vandals forced open a rear door and tossed the first and second floor bedrooms. As of now, it is not know what, if anything was stolen.

A Fenimore Road woman was the victim of a Western Union scam. She was solicited via email to become a member of a Secret Shopper Club and was told she would be paid $300 to check the prices of items in supermarkets and other stores. She received two money orders for advance payment totaling $920 and deposited the funds. She was told to send two wire transfers – one for $1,540 and the other for $50 to two people she didn’t know. After she sent the wire transfers, the bank determined that the Western Union payments were a scam and asked her to repay the funds. In total, the woman is out $1,840.

A Fox Meadow man also was a fraud victim. On January 26 he reported that unauthorized withdrawals were made from his Chase account -- $5,000 from his checking account and $4,600 from his savings account.

Water: a neighbor reported running water coming from 156 Brite Avenue on the afternoon of January 25th. Police saw that it was coming from a sprinkler head. The fire department entered the home through an unlocked front window and turned off the sprinkler.

Slipped: On the night of 1/28, a Lenox Place man came to police to report that he slipped outside the Chase Bank on Palmer Avenue at 8:50 am and had pain in his head and neck. As he was embarrassed he did not call police or SVAC and drove his car home. But after the pain became worse, he drove to Westchester Medical Center to be checked by his physician. His physician recommended that he go to White Plains Emergency room for further evaluation.

At one am on 1/29, a New Rochelle woman called police to say that four kids had thrown ice at her car as she was driving north on Post Road. Though there was no damage to the car, police stopped four boys as they were walking on Rugby Road. While police spoke with them it became evident that they had been drinking. Police took all of the boys into headquarters and contacted their parents to pick them up.

A Cooper Road man reported that his tire hit a large pothole on East Parkway at Crane Road on the afternoon of 1/29. The front passenger side tire blew out and AAA came to help him.

On the afternoon o January 30th a Sheldrake Road woman called police to help her get photographers from the New York Daily News to leave her front lawn. When police arrived, the owner asked the photographers to leave and they complied.

Broken glass was found on Garth Road in front of the former Sakura Restaurant at 2 am on 1/31. Police notified the building owner.

Coyote Watch: At 1 pm on 1/24, two coyotes were reported on the golf course at Fenway Golf Club and a coyote was spotted on Stratton Road around 7 am on January 30th.

In Greenburgh, underage drinkers were found at a Fort Hill Road Home on Friday, January 28, around 9:40 P.M. After getting a report of a loud party at 189 Fort Hill Road, police and members of the Drug and Alcohol Task Force went to the house. Police found a number of teenagers standing outside in the backyard of the property and others entering and exiting the house through the rear sliding glass door.

Officers approached the house and saw several cases of Coors Light beer on a table inside. They went in and found a number of young people drinking beer. Eleven kids, all aged 16, received citations for under age drinking. The teens were identified and released to the custody of a parent or guardian. They are due in Town of Greenburgh Court on Wednesday, February 16, 2011.

The owner of the home was not home, but was notified and responded at the request of police. There were no injuries at the scene nor alcohol related illness reported.

At 1:30 am on 1/25 police found the front bumper with attached license plate of a car on Lynwood Road: They traced the plate number to Thomas Kaplan of 1641 Third Avenue in NYC but were unable to reach him. The bumper came from his 2004 Gray Land Rover.

Frank Ditraglia , age 20of Emerson Road Hartsdale age was arrested on an outstanding warrant for possession of marijuana on January 25, 2011

Joseph Denatale of Longview Road Scarsdale claimed that a mechanic at Curry Chevy on Central Avenue vandalized his car when he left it there for service. The vehicle ignition was damaged when he picked up the car on January 26th.