Funds Stolen From Scarsdale Schools and Burglar Enters Occupied Home

Fraud: On 2/6, Jeff Martin, the Treasurer for the Scarsdale Schools reported that four fraudulent checks, totaling more than $5,000 had been cashed from the school's account. While reconciling the school's account he realized that the funds were withdrawn on 1/29/13. The suspect used duplicated checks. The matter is under investigation by the fraud department at Chase Bank and the Scarsdale Police.

A Greenacres Avenue man was the victim of identity theft involving accounts at Chase Bank. On 2/4 he reported that the Allied Bank fraud department advised him that someone used his social security number and mother's maiden name to open two new accounts using a Brooklyn address. The person then transferred $20 to each of the accounts from the Scarsdale man's Chase account, using his account number. When he went to the Chase Bank on Central Avenue he found that someone had changed the email address on his account and asked for paperless statements so that he was unable to see the transactions. Chase closed his account and he called his credit card companies to alert them.

Burglaries: Around 6 pm on Monday February 4, a Hutchinson Avenue man was home at work in his office when someone entered the house and rifled through its contents. The man heard a noise, went out to check and found open drawers, disturbed contents and missing items. He called the police who found that the suspect entered the house by breaking a pane of glass in the back of the house and unlocking the door. The homeowner never saw anyone but believes the burglary occurred while he was in his office in the house.

On February 6, a Carthage Road woman returned home around 8:20 pm and found that her bedroom had been entered and tossed. Her closet door was open as well as her jewelry box and one pillowcase was missing from the bed. The woman forwarded a list of stolen property to the police and said that she had left the front door of the house unlocked in the morning.

Bumper: After a car accident occurred on Gaylor Road on the morning of 2/6 police found a car bumper with the license plate attached. They checked the plate number and found it belonged on a 2002 Toyota Camry owned by a Nelson Road woman. They tried to reach the woman but got no answer. The license plate and bumper have been stored at Police headquarters.

Harassment: On 2/7, a Burgess Road woman reported the receipt of a harassing letter on 2/6. The letter was from the Environmental Control Board/Park and Recreation Enforcement Office of New York City and claimed that her car was seen at a prostitution sting in Staten Island. She contacted the sender who said that the reference number on the letter does not exist and she suspects it is a fraud. She did however leave her car in Staten Island from 12/229 – 12/29 while she was on vacation. She also reported that the contents of the letter were similar to one received by her father in November 2012 that accused him of being a predator. The woman feared for her safety because the sender had her home address and phone number.

Missing man: Concerned family members called police at 7:30 pm on 2/6 when they were unable to locate their father. His wife said he was supposed to pick her up at the Harwood Building at 7:00 pm but could not reach him because she had his cell phone. When she got home he was not there and since he has a history of cardiac problems she was worried. Police notified the Scarsdale and Eastchester Police Departments and while they were investigating the man returned. He said he had gone for a walk to the bank and the Food Emporium.

Angry daughter: Cooper Road parents called police at 12:15 am on February 10 after they were unable to find their 17 year-old daughter. The girl had left the house in a bad mood at 10:30 pm on 2-9. While searching the area police found the girl walking and returned her to her home.

Stuck: A construction lift, owned by a company that was working on the St. Pius Church roof broke down on Secor Road between Marjory Lane and Ramsey Road on the night of 2/6. The owner said he would not be able to move it until the following morning. Traffic cones and reflectors were set up around it.

Fight: At DeCicco's an employee reported a dispute with a customer on the morning of 2/7. The customer complained that the bags in the produce department were too high and that she had hurt her shoulder while reaching for one of the bags. The woman had left the store by the time police arrived.

A man from Daisy Farms Drive said that he was picking up his son from temple at Ogden Road and Kent Road on the evening of 2/10 when a man knocked on the driver's side car window, yelled at him and spit at him.

Lost and found: A set of car keys was found sitting atop a parking meter on East Parkway on the night of February 5th. Police brought the keys to headquarters and were able to find the owner by tracing the customer numbers on tags for Shoprite, CVS, Balducci's, the New York Sports Club and Stop and Shop. They belonged to a Potter Road woman who came in to pick them up.

The crossing guard at the Fox Meadow School called police at 8:19 am on Monday 2/11 when a dog was found in the middle of the road and the guard was unable to locate the owner. The guard brought the dog to the address on the tags but no one was at home. The dog's owner, a Park Road woman came to the police station looking for the dog and they sent her over to Fox Meadow to pick him up.

Dog Bite: A woman reported that she was bitten by a dog owned by a Wayside Lane family on the afternoon of February 5.

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