Police Report: A Difficult Week in Scarsdale

Deaths: The Scarsdale Police Department responded to a Wakefield Road residence on a report of an unresponsive person on Thursday, November 3rd. The 49 year-old male victim was pronounced dead at the scene by an SVAC Paramedic. The initial investigation indicated that the death was the result of a suicide and Scarsdale Police Detectives and the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office are continuing their inquiry. The results of the Medical Examiner’s investigation are pending.

A Bradley Road woman returned home after dropping her children off at school on Wednesday morning 11/2 and found her 71 year-old mother, Genowefa Bura, unresponsive. She called SVAC who pronounced her dead. Bura had appeared to be in good health but took blood pressure medication. The Medical Examiner’s office will investigate.

Missing ring: An Overlook Road woman realized that she had not seen her $13,000 1.07 carat diamond ring since May or June, 2011. She looked for it on Thursday October 27 and found it was gone. She reported that the house was renovated during the summer and that one of the workman might have taken the ring.

Chase: At 1:06 am on 11/2 Scarsdale police were called to assist White Plains police in a search for two suspects who had abandoned a stolen car on the Hutchinson River Parkway at Mamaroneck Road. The suspects fled after Police conducted a traffic stop. The White Plains Canine Unit found one man in the backyard of 23 Rural Drive and took him into custody and pursued another behind the Boulder Brook Stables but were unable to find him.

Harassed: A 23 year-old Brookby Road resident who works as a teacher reported that she received a harassing text message on 10/31. The phone number was blocked and the caller cursed. She believed it might have been one of her students and will report the incident to her principal.

Identity theft: A suspicious tax collection company called a Garden Road man on 11/4, claiming he owed $8,000 in back taxes to the state of Vermont where the man had attended school from 2004- 2009. When he tried to call the agency back there was no answer. The man did not owe any taxes and filed the report with the police.

Arrest: Henry Aguilar, age 27 of Yonkers was picked up by New Rochelle police and turned over to Scarsdale Police on an outstanding bench warrant on 11/1. He was released on $500 bail that was posted by his mother

Locked in: A six year-old girl got locked into a bathroom of a home on Oakstwain Road on the morning of 11/7. The fire department arrived and was able to get her out.

Mischief: A mailbox at a Bradford Road home was damaged on the night of 11/5. The resident found the mailbox knocked off its post and he had heard kids in front of house at the time.

A Wakefield Road man reported that kids threw eggs at his front door on Halloween night.

Damage: A car belonging to a Heathcote Road woman was damaged when a large branch fell off Village tree removal equipment and fell on her car while she was driving on Heathcote Road on the afternoon of 11/4.

Noise: Police received three reports of loud music coming from the Saxon Woods Golf Club at 8 pm and 9 pm on October 31.

A Nelson Road woman reported that he card was stolen at 4 pm on 11/5. She later realized that her son had taken the car.

Disputes: Police were called on the afternoon of 11/1 when a Heathcote Road woman could not get out of her driveway because a Con Edison truck was blocking it. The Con Ed man said that a low hanging live wire was dangerous and that no one should go within 25 feet of it, but the homeowner insisted on leaving her driveway. Police asked the Con Ed man to move his truck and stood by while the woman exited. It was later determined that she could have driven out of a second driveway.

On 11/6, a Tunstall Road man reported that a truck from BGE Utility Company of Maryland had driven over his front lawn and damaged the sprinkler system. Con Edison did not return his calls.

Police were called twice to resolve a conflict about a tree between a Sprague Road and a Webster Road home on the afternoon of 11/4. The tree was being trimmed by one neighbor and the other thought the pruning would affect the integrity of the tree. Since the man had a right to trim any portion of the tree that hung over his property police told the feuding neighbors that this was a civil issues.

Police received several complaints about a suspicious car parked at the intersection of Greendale and Oxford Roads on 11/4 and 11/5. Police spoke to the car’s occupant who said he was a private investigator.

A Wayside Lane woman called to report that her husband had violated a court order and entered her home on the morning of 10/3. Police asked the woman to get a copy of the order for police to keep on file.