19 Year-Old Girl Charged with Stealing from the Scarsdale School District

A 19 year-old girl from St. Albans New York was arrested for grand larceny and possession of forged instruments after she cashed fraudulent checks from the Scarsdale School District for $5,613. The defendant, Nashawn A. Wallace, is accused of cashing the district's checks at four Chase Banks in Queens on or about January 29, 2013. The duplicated checks were payable to Wallace and bore the signatures of two employees of the school district who's identities have not been revealed. On February 28, Wallace surrendered herself to Scarsdale Police and admitted to the offense in the presence of her attorney, Charles Tucker, Jr. She said she travelled to the Chase branches by taxi and submitted the fraudulent checks to be cashed. Based on her admissions, Wallace was charged and brought before Justice Galloway on March 13. She was arraigned, released on her own recognizance and given a court date of March 27.

Scarsdale School's Treasurer Jeff Martin discovered the missing funds while reconciling the school's account. He realized that the funds were withdrawn on 1/29/13 via the use of duplicated checks and reported the crime to police on 2/6.
According to Scarsdale Lt. Thomas Altizio, Wallace received the fraudulent checks from an individual whose identity is still under investigation."

Accidents: A 46 year-old Graham Road woman came to police headquarters on the morning of March 11 to report that her 2012 BMW had been sideswiped by a truck when she was driving on Burgess Road and damaged her driver's side mirror. While police were writing up the accident report they checked the woman's drivers license and registration and found that the registration had been suspended because the car was not insured. Police removed the license plates from the BMW and seized them, leaving the woman without wheels to drive home.

On the morning of 3/15 a Vernon Road woman had an accident in front of the fire station on Post Road in Scarsdale. She was driving south and accelerated to avoid a fire engine that was pulling out of the station. The driver of the fire truck blew his horn and in her mind, caused her to collide with a yellow pick-up truck. She complained that the horn caused the accident but left the station without filing a report.

Identity Theft: On 3/11 a Post Road man reported that someone had used his name and personal information to open a Verizon account sometime between August 2008 and May 2009. On 3/13 a man from Overhill Road reported that someone purchased two SIM cards valued at $260 at Verizon and charged them to his account.

Stolen or Lost? A student at Scarsdale High School reported that her iPhone 4S had been stolen from her backpack at school on the afternoon of March 14. Her mother used the Find My iPhone app and located the phone in Yonkers. Scarsdale Police drove to the Yonkers address where they believed the phone was located but no one answered the door at the house. However that night a custodian at the high school heard a cell phone alarm and found it next to a computer terminal in the library. The owner retrieved the phone – and also concluded that the GPS on the device, that showed it to be in Yonkers, was not accurate.

A 17 year-old boy from Heathcote Road reported that his wallet, cell phone and other items were missing on March 16. He had driven a 2012 Acura to school for baseball tryouts. When he left tryouts he went to his car and realized he had left his baseball glove on the field. He left some items in the car and retrieved the glove. However, when he returned to the car, the items were missing and some of his other belongings were on the ground. He had not locked the car but was only gone briefly.

A Jefferson Road man reported his 2008 BMW stolen from the Freightway Lot on the afternoon of March 13. Police searched the area and found it parked in the outdoor lot opposite Freightway.

At 3 am on 3/15, a Saxon Woods Road woman reported that she lost her wallet in the village sometime on the night of March 12. The red wallet contained her license, two gift cards, blank checks and a winning voucher worth $3,089 from a casino.

On 3/15 a woman from Chesterfield Road complained that a contractor had removed the gutters from her home without her permission. She signed a contract for new gutters with the company but had not given a deposit so she did not think the contract was valid. However, the contractor thought otherwise and removed the gutters and said that once removed the gutters were cut and bent. The homeowner asked from them to be returned none-the-less and said she had changed her mind about the contract.

Harassed: On 3/15, a 17 year-old Butler Road boy complained that he received a harassing message on Facebook on February 16. The message said, "If I was you I would be scared. Cause I'm comin for you. You're going to regret you were ever born." The boy said he knew the person who sent the message from middle school and that he had been picked on by the sender at that time. The sender now lives in NYC. Police advised the Scarsdale boy to block the sender from contacting him on Facebook.

A 41 year-old woman from Fairview Court also reported the receipt of harassing text messages. She received multiple messages on 3/13 and more on 3/14. She did not know who was sending the messages but the person was using her name. A friend tried to call back the number from where the texts originated but the number was not available.

A Sheldrake Road man reported that a neighbor was harassing his housekeeper. According to the housekeeper the man drives past her when she is walking the dog and makes deliberate attempts to bother her by driving fast toward her and then slowing down farther down the road. The woman's employer called his neighbor and found out that he does not like his dogs and was angry that he used a generator during the storm. The complainant also reported that the angry neighbor drove dangerously close to his children. The offender drives a late model blue BMW.

A Nelson Road woman called the police on the afternoon of March 12 when she was being pestered by a reporter. The Scarsdale woman had served on a jury and the reported wanted to speak to her. Police asked the reporter to leave the property and she complied.

Bad Sign: At 2 am on 3/12, a patrolmen noticed a sign for "Honey Do Men Gutter and Roofing Corp" posted at the intersection of Crane Road and East Parkway. Since the sign was posted in violation of village code it was removed and a summons was issue to the company.

Off the field: On the morning of 3/13 police were alerted that an unauthorized group was using Hyatt Field. Police went to the field and told the group of 20 people about the rules and regulations of the village. They agreed to leave and to obtain a permit in the future.