A Burglary, More Thefts from Chase Accounts and a Bank Robbery: From the Police

Burglary on Drake Road: Police responded to a burglar alarm at 10 pm on Saturday night October 19 and found that a home on Drake Road had been robbed. A glass patio door on the back of the house was broken and the master bedroom was tossed. When the homeowner returned he found that a pearl necklace with diamonds valued at $8,000 was gone as well as earrings, an amber heart, blue sapphire earrings and a ring, together valued at $3,000. A safe in the closet had not been opened. It appeared that the suspects entered and exited the house via a door in the family room.

Identity Theft:

Several incidents were reported involving large amounts of cash stolen from resident's bank accounts at Chase.

Arrest: Police arrested Madeleine Katz, age 22 of Brooklyn for stealing $93,500 from the account of a Scarsdale couple, using a counterfeit check. Read the entire story here.

In addition, the following incidents of identity theft were reported this week:

A Franklin Road man said that two fraudulent checks were written in his name and attempts were made to deposit them into accounts at Chase Banks in Brooklyn and Jersey City. Both checks were intercepted. The victim does not know who could be responsible.

An Olmsted road woman said that three fraudulent checks, valued at $10,000 were written against her recently closed back account at Chase. She was notified on October 15 of the incident.

A Lee Road man reported that four unauthorized withdrawals, together valued at $14,000, were made from his checking account on October 16. Chase is currently investigating. The victim did not know who could be responsible and said that no one except himself and his wife had access to his accounts, that they both had their debit cards in their possession and all checks were accounted for.

An unknown person incurred $2,400 in charges on the Verizon wireless account of a Secor Road man between 10/5 and 10/19/13.

Road Rage:

An Elmhurst man reported that he was involved in an incident of road rage on the afternoon of 10/16. According to the man he made a right turn from Crossway onto Mamaroneck Road and the car behind him tailgated him and the driver gestured for him to pull over. He made a right turn onto Harvest Drive and the other car followed him and stopped in front of his car. The operator of the other car got out and yelled at him and demanded that the Elmhurst man get out of his car. Then the tailgater returned to his car, pulled out a golf club and said "I've got something for you." He then got back into his car to leave and bumped into the man's arm with his car. The complainant took a photo of the man's license plate which police were able to trace to a resident of Sycamore Road. Police went to the man's house – and as he was not home they asked his wife to tell him to stop by headquarters. The man came in and gave a different account of the incident. He said the Elmhurst man cut him off and gave him the finger. He admits that he motioned for the man to pull over and did pull up in front of him on Harvest Drive where they exchanged words. He said that at no time did he pull out a golf club. Police told him that the man did not wish to file a complaint but said there would be consequences if he acted this way again.

Car Thefts:

A Fox Meadow road woman complained that a bag of clothing valued at $120 and a DVD Player valued at $195 were removed from her car when it was parked unlocked in her driveway overnight on 10/16 -10/17.

Another Fox Meadow Road resident called police on 10/19 to say that someone had entered his 2012 Chevy Traverse sometime between Wednesday 10/16 and Friday 10/18 and stolen $8.00 in cash and a company-issued gas credit card. The truck may have been left unlocked.

Stolen:

An iPhone that belonged to a 12 year-old Greenacres boy was stolen from his book bag while he was playing basketball at the school on the afternoon of October 18. He attempted to use the Find My Phone app to locate it but the phone was turned off.

Construction tools, valued at $1,800 were stolen from the garage of a home under construction on Nelson Road overnight on 10/18 – 10/19. A saw, hammer drill and a set of transit legs that had been left in the unlocked garage were missing when the site excavator returned to the home on the morning of 10/19.

Vandalism:

On Crane Road a resident reported that someone removed a stone from a rock wall in front of a home and broke it in the driveway at 9 am on October 14. The homeowner was sitting in the backyard when she heard a noise in front and found the rock in the driveway and the hole in the wall.

A Boulder Brook Road woman found that someone had thrown a cup of coffee on her front door and window overnight on October 15-16.

Animals:

Missing Dog: Heathcote Road residents called police on the morning of October 18 when they thought that someone had entered the house and stolen their Yorkie (dog). Police arrived, searched the house and found the dog inside.

A pigeon flew into Great Stuff on Spencer Place at 12:20 pm on October 20. Police arrived and attempted to pick it up to remove it but it walked out of the front door without help.

Teen Trouble:

Parents of a teen on Sprague Road called police again this week at 7:30 pm on October 17 when their daughter refused to turn down music that was playing on her cell phone. The mother and daughter were arguing and the mother started to throw her daughter's belonging around in an effort to locate the phone. The phone was located and returned to the daughter and police asked the mother to seek counseling. The father called police again at 9 pm on October 20 to say that his daughter has not been following their rules. She is not allowed to play music on her computer while doing homework and as a result the parents took away her computer. Police again told the couple that parenting issues are best handled through family counseling.

Car Trouble:

Gordon Locke of New Rochelle was stopped by police at 7 pm on October 19 when scanners showed he was driving with a suspended registration due to a lapse in his car insurance. The plates were removed from the car and it was towed back to Locke's home. He was given a traffic summons for driving with a suspended registration and suspended driver's license.

Bank Robbery in Elmsford:

Greenburgh Police report that they caught a man who robbed the Chase Bank at 324 Saw Mill River Road in Elmsford at noon on Monday October 21. According to the report, a man entered the bank and handed a teller a note that said "Give me money," written on a bank payment ticket. The teller complied and handed over some cash to the man who walked out of the bank. At 12:20 pm an undercover officer noticed a man in the parking lot at Sportime and detained him. He was later identified by a witness as the person who had allegedly robbed the bank.

The man, who was identified as David C. DeLaurentis, age 25, with a last known address of 117 East 118th Street, New York, New York was arrested and charged with Robbery in the third degree, a class D Felony. Around $4,000 in cash from the robbery was recovered from the suspect by the officers on scene. Mr.DeLaurentis has 72 prior arrests, with 17 felonies, 46 misdemeanors, and 9 otherwise classified arrests, with a total of 27 convictions.

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