Turkey in the Road and more from the Scarsdale Police

Hit and Run: A young woman, driving a 2003 Toyota, was stopped in the northbound lane of the Post Road at 7:20 pm on March 11, waiting to make a left turn onto Kingston Road. A second car approached her car from behind, ran into her car and propelled her across two lanes of oncoming traffic into a tree and fence on the opposite side of the road. The second car left the scene without stopping. The driver of the first car noted the license plate number of the car that had rear-ended her and police determined the car was a 2014 BMW. They canvassed the area and found the BMW parked nearby on Quimby Road, heavily damaged on the front-end, leaking fluids. While they searched the area, the owner came out and said the car was his. He admitted to being involved in the accident and explained why he left the scene, saying, "I had to go to the hospital to see my mother. It was dinner time and I bring her home cooked Indian food so she can take her medicine." The driver was identified as Bal Krishan Kahtod, age 64, of Greenville Road in Scarsdale. He was arrested for leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. He was processed and released on $100 bail.

An Overlook Road woman called police at 8:45 pm on March 10 after her daughter and friends saw someone hit their Lexus which was parked on Brewster Road. The woman called the driver's parents who agreed to sett the matter privately.

Turkey trouble: A wild turkey was playing in the road all week, blocking traffic and bemusing drivers: On March 13 at 7:30 am police received a call about a wild turkey on Nelson Road. They found him roaming the grounds of the Scarsdale Woman's Club. At 11 am they got several more calls about a turkey, this time blocking traffic on the Post Road. Police called Wildlife Services of Greenburgh who advised that the turkey was not sick or injured and should be left alone. At 6:20 pm on March 14 a turkey was standing on Post Road near Wayside Lane, darting in and out of traffic and attempting to peck at car wheels as they passed. Police stopped traffic and chased the turkey off the road using air horns. At 1 pm on 3/15 a turkey was reported blocking traffic on the Post Road at Murray Hill Road. Police escorted it off the road. At 10 am on Monday, the turkey was back, this time blocking traffic at the intersection of Fenimore and Tompkins Road. Police again escorted the turkey to safety.

Burglary: Police responded to a burglar alarm on Myrtledale Road at 9:15 pm on March 15 and found that a rear sliding door had been pried open. The master bedroom including a dresser and a nightstand were tossed and a purse in the kitchen was emptied. The alarm siren was found broken on the floor.

Missing: A Richbell Road woman called to report the theft of a pair of valuable shoes from her home on March 10th. The brand was not specified.

A Crest Lane resident reported that his 15" Macbook Pro laptop was taken from his home on the afternoon of March 13. He was not aware of any tracking device on the computer.

A construction sign for Twin Oaks Construction was taken from the garage of a home on Ogden Road that is under construction sometime on March 15.

On 3/11 a Murray Hill Road man complained that a lock and chain used to secure a gate to his backyard had been broken. He locked the gate to prevent people from walking through his property. He had last seen the lock intact in January and believes his neighbor may have removed it so that he could get through the yard.

Arrests: Christopher Bovain, age 22 of Lexington Avenue in Manhattan was charged with identity theft, possession of forged checks and petit larceny on March 10. According to police Bovain forged a check from a Scarsdale resident's account for $4,200 which he deposited at an ATM at Bank of America in New York and then withdrew $300 against the deposit at the ATM in the lobby of the bank. He surrendered to police and was processed and arraigned before Judge Galloway who set bail at $5,000. Bovain was unable to post bail and was remanded to the Westchester County Jail until his March 12th court date.

Juan Crisostomo was stopped on the Post Road on the evening of March 15 for driving a car with a suspended registration due to an insurance lapse. The plates were removed from the car and it was towed to the man's home in White Plains. He was given a summons.

Pothole: Police marked a pothole on Chesterfield Road on the morning of 3/16 after a pedestrian caught his foot in the hole, fell and scraped his leg. Police photographed the injuries and placed safety cones around the pothole.

Dog from Ohio? A Swarthmore Road man found a black and white Shih Tzu with Ohio tags in his yard at 5:30 pm on March 10. Police were unable to contact the owner so they called the New Rochelle Humane Society to pick up the dog.

A Hampton Road woman complained that a dog on Olmstead Road attacked her dog while she was walking it on a leash on the afternoon of 3/11. The owner of the dog that was accused of running out into the street said that the battery on the dog's electric collar was dead and she agreed to replace the batteries.

A child got locked out of a house on Jefferson Road at noon on 3/11. Police contacted the fire department to help.

Nowhere to go: Brian Covington of Far Rockaway turned up at Police Headquarters at 9 pm on 3/12 and said he had no way to get home and nowhere to spend the night. As police could not get a family member to pick him up they took him to the Oasis Shelter on Washington Avenue in New Rochelle for the night.

Help! A Dobbs Terrace woman called police at 2:32 am to help her husband get up off the floor.

Imaginary attack: A Lockwood Road man, who may be emotionally disturbed, complained that his neighbor's son beat him with a bat and punched him in the face at 5:50 pm on March 13. However in the course of telling police what happened, he changed his story, first saying it happened that day, then saying it happened a week ago. Police knocked on the neighbor's door and found that the son had not been home since early in the morning. The incident appeared to be unfounded.

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