Arrest, Hate Crime, and a Homeless Man on the Loose

Arrest: Raland Wheeler, age 20 of New Rochelle surrendered to Scarsdale Police on the strength of a bench warrant on the afternoon of 3/27. He was wanted for driving without a license. However when he came to Village Court he again had no i.d., and said that he lost his driver's license and did not have any documention to verify his identity. The detective was able to obtain Wheeler's photo from the DMV photo system and authenticated his identity. Wheeler was taken to Village Court where Judge Galloway set cash bail at $400 and gave him a court date.

Hate Crime? The sign at Scarsdale Community Baptist Church on Popham Road was reported damaged pm Sunday March 31. An upside down cross, measuring 18 inches high by 6 inches wide, was spray painted on the sign. The incident was reported to the Investigations Section of the D.A. Biased Crimes Unit.

Missing? Two bronze "Meiji" vases were reported missing from the mantel of a home on Olmstead Road on 3/27. The vases were valued at $500 and the homeowner last saw them in early January. A detective was sent to the house to follow-up and did a walk through of the premises. He quickly spotted a pair of vases matching the homeowner's description on a shelf in the den. Case solved!

Where's Mom? A 24 year-old Innes Road woman called police on March 25 when she was unable to find her mother. The two had a dispute during dinner and the mother left the house. When she had not returned by 9 pm the daughter grew concerned. While police were at the house the mother was located at the Crowne Plaza where she said she would stay for the night

Trespassing: A Drake Road man called police at 7:20 on 3/27 when he saw someone stealing wood from his property. Police stopped the trespasser who said that he thought the property was abandoned and was taking the wood from the downed tree to chop up. When he was confronted he apologized to the homeowner and agreed not to return to the property.

Marital Woes: A Madison Road woman called police on the morning of 3/29 when her ex-husband showed up at the house and was removing items from the garage. The wife said they were in the middle of a divorce and there was no order regarding the house. The husband said an appraiser was coming to look at the house and he came by to clean up. Police told the man not to remove anything and advised both husband and wife to call their lawyers.

Downed Tree: A Lenox Place woman called police at 9:30 am on 3/29 when she saw a tree being taken down on Mamaroneck Avenue. Police spoke to the worker who did not have a permit to cut down the tree. Police issued the man a code violation. The homeowner from Mamaroneck Road countered by calling police later that day to say that her neighbor was taking pictures of her house and the trees that were being removed.

Rock through the window: Ike Okoli called police on the afternoon of 3/25 to say that he found a rock inside his bedroom and believes that his neighbor through the rock through his window. However, the rock did not damage the window as it was open. Okoli has ongoing problems with his neighbor.

Homeless Home shopper: Police received a report about a man asleep next to a shopping cart on Supply Field at 8 am on 3/26. They went to the field and recognized the man as James Williams a homeless man who lives in a shelter in White Plains. Police told Williams that all Scarsdale parks and fields are closed during the winter and loitering is prohibited. Williams agreed to leave the area. At 10:30 am, Williams was again spotted at Wynmor Park. He told police he was on his way to White Plains. Then at 1:40 pm on 3/26 police got another call about a man with a shopping cart sitting on lawns on Park Road. When police spoke to him again, Williams said he was on his way to White Plains but "wanted to see a property that he was looking to purchase." Police explained that Williams needed a real estate agent to look at a house or else he would be arrested for trespassing. Williams said he understood and headed over to Garden Road to walk to White Plains.

Notification: At midnight on 3/29 the Pima Arizona Sheriff's Department called Scarsdale Police for assistance in notifying the family of Spencer Repp about the death of their son in an accident that occurred earlier that evening. Scarsdale Police notified the family.

Locked Out: A Johnson Road woman called police at 11 am on 3/27 when her 2 year-old daughter locked her out of the house. Police were able to get into the house without damaging it.

Gas Leak: At 4:30 pm on 3/27 police received a call about a Honda Civic that was parked in the lower level of the Christie Place Garage leaking gasoline. Police deemed the car a hazard and called R&D Towing to take it to Ted Herman 's Auto Body. Police were unable to reach the car's owner to notify him. At 10:50 pm that night, police got a 911 call from the Christie Place garage when the owner of the car returned and found that his car was missing.

Another Bobcat? A Greenacres Avenue resident called police at 11 am on 3/29 to report a bobcat in the area. Police searched the area but were unable to locate it.

Police assisted an upset and possibly drunk woman on Scarsdale Avenue at 2:23 am on March 30. The woman was taken to the hospital and her mother was notified.

Lost and Found:

A Cooper Road woman reported that her iPhone 5, valued at $600 was missing after she left it briefly at Lange's on Christie Place on the morning of 3/25. When she realized it was missing she went back to Lange's but it was gone.

A Lockwood Road man lost his blue Nokia cell phone in Scarsdale Village on March 24.

An unidentified person found a wallet belonging to a Tarrytown woman on Garth Road on the morning of 3/31 and turned it over to police. Police contacted the owner via email and she came to pick up her wallet later that day.

Identity Theft: On 3/25 a Wynmor Road man reported that a credit card was opened in his name at US Bank without his authorization.