Thefts, Arrests and Potholes: from the Scarsdale Police

Scarsdale woman arrested for stealing friend's jewelry: On January 14, Ilana Svetkey, age 46 of Rodney Road was arrested for allegedly stealing jewelry valued at more than $5,000 from the home of a friend on Boulevard in Scarsdale. The missing jewelry was reported last week and included a Tiffany gold charm bracelet, a rose gold charm bracelet, a gold charm bracelet and a platinum Tiffany wristband. According to Lt. Thomas Altizio, Svetkey admitted to stealing the jewelry when she was questioned by detectives. Some of the stolen items were in her home, some were taken to a jeweler to be engraved and some were sold to the jewelry store. The items at her home and the item at the jewelry store to be engraved were recovered and are in evidence. The items she sold to the jeweler were already melted down and could not be recovered. Svetkey was arraigned before Judge Galloway who set bail at $500, scheduled a court date for 1/15 and issued a Temporary Order of Protection to the victim. She posted bail and was released.

Stolen rental car: On 1/13 a rental car that was borrowed from the Avis dealer at the Scarsdale Service Center was declared stolen when the 2013 silver GMC was more than 30 days overdue. The car was borrowed on 11/18/13 and scheduled to be returned on 12/9/13. The renter did not return the car of answer certified letters or phone calls from Avis.

Stolen scooter: A motorized scooter that belonged to an elderly Wildwood Road woman was stolen from the driveway of the house on the morning of January 15. Police confirmed that the sanitation department did not pick it up.

Arrest: On January 13, 2014 Nicole Longmore, age 39 of the Bronx was arrested for failing to respond to an active warrant issued on October 29, 2013. She was caught when the White Plains police notified the Scarsdale Police that they towed her car off the Bronx River Parkway on 1/13/14 and found there was an active warrant for her. She was processed, released on $60 cash bail and given a court date of January 15.

Phone calls: A Hampton Road woman reported that she was receiving unwanted phone calls between 12/20/13 and 1/13/14. She has received multiple calls each day and when she picks up the phone it seems that someone is there but is not speaking. On another occasion her son answered the phone and the caller asked for her by name. She asked police to help her make the calls stop.

Unwanted texts: A 15 year-old girl and her father came to police headquarters on January 18 to report that she has been receiving unwanted text messages for the past few months. The messages began on October 3, 2013 and she did not know whom they were from. When she asked the sender to identify him/herself they would not tell her. Though the texts are not threatening the person who sent them seemed to know her whereabouts and she grew concerned.

Potholes: A 2007 BMW driven by a White Plains man hit a large pothole on Mamaroneck Road on the morning of January 15. The impact caused a flat in the front passenger side wheel. The man called BMW road assistance to tow the car. Police placed a traffic cone in the pothole which was located on Mamaroneck Road near Cushman Road.

A collapsed roadway near a storm drain on Wayside Lane was reported on the morning of January 18. Police marked the area with orange cones and alerted the Highway Department.

Identity theft: About $2,000 in withdrawals were made from the account of an 84 year-old Scarsdale woman without her authorization on January 13, 2014. Chase Bank did not know how someone had accessed the woman's account using at ATM machine as the woman does not have a debit card.

Unlicensed driver: Police stopped the driver of a 1998 Volkswagen on Crossway on January 8 when the scanner revealed the car was not registered due to an insurance lapse. A DMV check of the driver's license revealed that it had been revoked once and suspended eight times. The car belonged to a New Rochelle man and it was not inspected. Police removed the plates from the car, towed it to the impound lot and issued Jermaine Higgins of Mamaroneck summons for operating a car with a suspended registration, unlicensed driving, driving without insurance and driving an uninspected car. The owner of the car was also notified and he said he was in the process of selling the car to Higgins. Higgins was released on $100 bail and given a court date of 1/22/14.

Trees: On the morning of January 13, a Richbell Road woman called police to complain that her neighbors was cutting down trees without a permit. Police spoke to the homeowner who explained that she had a valid permit to remove the trees. Police told the neighbor that she could not stop the workers from completing the job.

Water leak: Also on Birchall Road, a caller saw water rushing from the garage on the morning of January 17. The water was freezing and causing icy conditions. Police found no one at home and the fire department entered the house through an unlocked window. They found that a pipe had split and they were able to turn off the water.

Blocked in: A driver called police on the evening of January 13 when she was unable to move her car which was parked on Depot Place because another car was parked too close to hers and was over the designated line. Police called Vincent's towing who shifted the misplaced car without damaging it and allowed the woman to pull out.

Fall: Police went to a Tunstall Road home at 4:57 am on January 15 to assist a woman who could not get up off the floor. They helped her up.

On January 15, the owner of a home on Ogden Road reported that students were parking their cars in front of his house in a "no parking zone." Police issued a summons.

Noise: Police were called about noisy kids on Donellan Road at 1:13 am on 1/19. They went to the house and the mother explained that her daughter just returned from her Bat Mitzvah and had some friends over. She said she would tell them to keep the noise down.

Fight: A concerned Carthage Road father called police at 7 pm on January 19 about a family dispute. When police arrived they found that the family was having a verbal disagreement and the parents agreed to have their son stay with his grandparents for the night.

Missing: At 4 pm on 1/20, a concerned woman from Montgomery Road called police when her husband had failed to return from an 11 am medical appointment. While police were at the house the man showed up.

Graffiti: A street sign at the intersection of Innes and Heathcote Roads was found to be spray-painted with yellow graffiti on January 13. Another street sign, at the intersection of Willow and Cushman Roads, was spray-painted with brown paint. The incident was reported on January 17.