Police Report: Diamonds and a Racing Bike Missing in Scarsdale

Lost and Found: A City Island man left his $12,600 racing bike unlocked at the bike rack on Spencer Place in Scarsdale for just twenty-five minutes on the afternoon of February 7th when he went into Starbucks to use the restroom. When he returned, the bike was gone. The racing bike was a Time UXRS Ulteam racer.

A Tompkins Road woman reported that she had lost two rings on February 2nd. When she was getting her nails done, she took off her diamond engagement ring, valued at $60,000 a diamond wedding band worth $12,000 and a gold and diamond ring valued at $6-$7,000. She placed them in her pocket, but when she checked her pocket later in the day the rings were gone.

A wallet was found at Wilson Jewelers on 2/8. Police contacted the owner and returned it to her.

Arrest: Mikkel Miller of White Plains appeared at Scarsdale Village Court on 2/8 to pay a fine for traffic summonses when the court officer noticed that there was an active bench warrant for Miller for other unpaid fines. He was arrested, and brought to Police Headquarters and then returned to court where he paid the remaining fines and was released.

Harassed: A Taunton Road woman came to police after she was harassed by some men in a black SUV that was parked on her street on the afternoon of 2/8. Police later learned that the men in the car were harassing her about a business deal that the woman’s husband had where a considerable amount of money was lost. A lawsuit is pending.

A 95 year-old Stonehouse Road man got a crank phone call on 2-9 from someone who claimed that the Scarsdale man’s grandson was arrested on drug charges in Cuzco, Peru. The caller instructed the Scarsdale man to go to Pathmark on Central Avenue in Yonkers and wire $2,000 to release his grandson from jail. The Scarsdale man’s housekeeper recorded the call. The Scarsdale man called his grandson, who was at work in NYC. Police called the crank caller and told him to stop calling, but the caller did not believe he was speaking to the police.

Owners of a heating and cooling company on Colonial Road reported a conflict with a former client on 2/9. The client had made threatening phone calls to the company. Police contacted the client who said he made full payment for air conditioning at his home in Tarrytown last year, but the unit had never been installed. Police advised the man to hire a lawyer or go to small claims court.

Broken Window: On 2/9 a Rock Creek Lane woman reported that something had flown through her laundry room window, broken the window and dented the furnace. Police could not find the “unknown projectile” in the house.

Identity Theft: On 2/11, a Christie Place woman reported a fraudulent charge on her Amex card. She received a package from Amazon containing headphones that she did not order and that were charged to her credit card.

A Saxon Woods Road man reported that someone assumed his identity and filed for a state and federal tax refund in his name for 2010 on 2-11. When the man filed his own taxes the IRS told him that taxes were already filed in his name using his social security number.

On 2/12, a resident of Search for Change on Post Road called police to report that one of her friends had misused her Social Security fund while she was hospitalized. The woman had given her friend access to her account to pay some bills.

Death: Norma Zorn, age 82 of White Birch Lane was found dead in her home at noon on February 12th. Police went to the home to check on her welfare and found that she had passed away.

Animals: A Greenacres Avenue woman called about a squirrel that was trapped in her laundry room. When police arrived they found a small chipmunk in the house and were able to chase it out to the front yard.

Suspicious Behavior: Police got a call about a man who was sitting at the Greenacres Playground and removing his clothing on the afternoon of 2/8. When they arrived they found a woman who stays at the Salvation Army home on Sterling Avenue in White Plains. She was changing her socks. Police drove her back to the home.

A Rock Creek Lane man asked police to escort him to his house that his ex-wife was turning over to him on 2/10. The walk through was completed without incident.

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