Police Report: Going to the Dogs

A 68-year-old New Rochelle woman drove into a school bus carrying six children around 3 pm on Tuesday May 21. The driver of the car works as a dog walker and had six dogs in the car at the time of the accident. The bus was going south on Morris Lane and crossing the intersection at Heathcote Road. The car was going east on Heathcote Road and the driver attempted to stop at a red light. However, the driver of the car said her brakes failed, she ran into the bus and then veered off the road into a fence at 20 Heathcote Road. The children's parents were called to pick them up. No one requested medical attention.

A Richbell Road man called police on the afternoon of 5/22 after his housekeeper reported that a landscaper working on a neighboring property on Burgess Road had hit the fence where his dog was standing. She said that she saw the landscaper pick up an unknown object and "violently hit the fence where the dog was standing." Police spoke to the landscaper who claimed that he saw the dog but did not go near it. Michael Bellantoni, who owns the landscaping company came to the house and charged that the dog's owner had threatened to shoot his worker. The angry man admitted to saying, "If I had a gun I would go get it and shoot you in the hands, so that you can not hit my dog again." The dog was not injured.

A Kent Road woman called police around 2:30 on May 25 to say that she had been driving down Fox Meadow Road when she heard a woman scream and felt the car hit something. A witness told her that a dog had run out into the road. The dog was taken to the Veterinarian Emergency Group on Tarrytown Road in White Plains. The dog was being cared for by Fox Meadow residents while the owner was out of town. The dog was later pronounced dead.

At 10:30 am on May 27 a dog that belongs to a Tompkins Road man rant out onto Fenimore Road and was hit by a car. The car left the scene but the dog did not appear to be injured.

A Meadow Road woman called police on the afternoon of 5/21 after her neighbor's dog chased her. Police arrived and gave the dog owner's a summons for failing to restrain their dog.

A Greenacres man found a dog without a collar running loose on Park Road at 7:30 pm on 5/21. Police located the dog's owner, a woman from Cambridge Road, and returned the dog and issued her a summons for letting the dog run "at large."

Police got a call about a limping dog that was found at 3:30 pm on 5/25 in Edgewood. Police found a neighbor who was able to identify the dog as Buddy and agreed to watch him until the owners returned.

Stuck in the Mud: At 11:11 pm on May 25, a driver on the Heathcote Bypass swerved to avoid hitting an animal in the road, hit the curb and went over a drop off into the mud. Though there was no damage the car was stuck in the med and had to be pulled out by a tow truck.

Too close to Poll? At the school budget election on 5/21, police received a complaint that someone was holding a sign within 100 feet of the polling place. However, police found that the man was behind the 100-foot marker and was not in violation of the law.

Missing Gutters: A custodian at Scarsdale High School reported that three copper gutters, valued at $1,500 were stolen from the school sometime between 5/17 and 5/20. The gutters appear to have been ripped from the walls of the school. A fourth gutter was also taken off the wall but left on the ground.

Missing Jewelry: A Myrtledale Road woman reported that a platinum necklace with a platinum pendant, valued at $5,000 was missing from her house on May 25, 2013.

Found: A Mamaroneck Road man found a black iPhone with a game boy case at the Metro North Train Station in Scarsdale on 5/23. Since the battery was drained, police were not able to identify the phone's owner. A Corell Road woman found a metal key ring with 5 keys in here driveway on May 24 and turned them over to police.

Police used scanners to snare more unlicensed drivers this week. At 10:45 pm they stopped Ismet Lalic, age 29 of New York on Garth Road. He was cited for speeding and driving without a license. His car was parked on Garth Road and a violation was issued. Marlon Gordon, age 38 of Pelham was stopped on the Heathcote Byass at 5 pm on May 24 and found to have a suspended license and registration and no insurance. The plates were removed from his car and it was towed to his home.

Locked in: An Eastchester woman accidentally locked her son in the car when it was parked at the intersection of Walworth and Greenacres Avenues at 12:20 pm on May 20. Someone from the Heathcote Gulf station came by and was able to unlock the car.

Bullying: Fox Meadow parents called police on the evening of 5/20 when they were concerned about bullying on the social media site Ask.FM. They decided to call the police department's youth officer for advice.

Disputes: A customer at the Gulf Station on Scarsdale Avenue called police at 8 pm on the night of 5/20 to complain that the attendant was billing her for gas that had overflowed from her tank. The attendant refused to give the customer a refund for the spilled gas. When police arrived the funds were refunded.

An Oak Lane woman called police on the morning of May 24 to say that her neighbors on Larch Lane were cutting down trees and putting the wood on her property. Police spoke to the Larch Lane homeowner who said that her gardener had put the wood on her neighbor's property while she as on vacation and said she would ask him to move it.

Too Much to Drink: Police responded to a complaint about noisy kids on Brewster Road at 1:05 am on May 22. They stopped two boys walking south on Brewster Road who claimed they were walking home from a friend's house in the area but were unsure of the address. They admitted to drinking earlier in the evening. Police called their parents and one agreed to pick the boys up.

Police spotted two men on Fox Meadow Road at 7 am on 5/24 and asked if they needed help getting home. They both admitted to drinking earlier in the morning. One man walked home and the other was picked up by his dad.

Sewage Back-up: Nelson Road residents called police at 12:14 am on May 25 when a sewage line backed up into their basement. Police called the Department of Public Works.

A Hamilton Road woman called about unsafe conditions at a construction site at 9 Hamilton Road. A large hole was fenced in on only three sides leaving an opening on the fourth side where someone could fall in. Police constructed an orange fabric fence to block it off.

Whoops! A Palmer Road woman accidentally dropped her cell phone into the southbound train tracks at Scarsdale station at 11 am on May 26. Police waited with her while the MTA sent someone to go onto the tracks and retrieve her phone.

Help: Fox Meadow Road residents called police around noon on 5/26 for help getting their son to the hospital. The son had a mandatory admission order from St. Vincent's Hospital. Police took the son to White Plains Hospital for evaluation and transport to St. Vincents.

Identity Theft: An Oneida Road woman reported that someone used her Bank of American credit card to buy a Jet Blue airline ticket valued at $344.90 without her authorization on 5/20 -5/21. The bank closed the account.

A 23- year-old young man from Aspen Road reported that his debit card had been stolen on Saturday May 25 while he was in downtown Manhattan. The stolen card was used at two ATM machines and $2,700 was withdrawn from his account.

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