Thefts and Noise Complaints from the Scarsdale Police

Stolen purse: A purse was removed from a car parked at the Girl Scout House on May 27 and later found on Wayside Lane and returned to the owner. The owner of the purse was coaching girls' lacrosse at the field at the Girl Scout House and left her purse in the car which was unlocked. She called police when she discovered it was stolen and while they were there the coach got a call on her cell from someone named Tracy who said she was on Wayside Lane with the purse. Tracy came to the parking lot and said she found the purse on the side of the road near Wayside Lane. Nothing was missing.

Stolen Bicycles:

A white Granville mountain bike, valued at $800 was stolen from the bike rack on East Parkway and Spencer Place sometime between May 22 and May 25. The owner, who lives on Drake Road, left the unique European bike locked to the rack on May 16 and did not get a chance to pick it up for several days. On May 22 the bike was still there but on May 25 it was gone.

A ten-speed bike and helmet that belonged to a Sprague Road boy were stolen from the library on the afternoon of June 1. The boy left the bike and the helmet near a tree outside the library at 12:40. They were not locked. When he returned at 2:30 pm the bike and "Mongoose" helmet were gone.

Vandals:

A Hampton Road woman reported that her outdoor central air conditioning breaker box was vandalized. The power lines to the unit were cut and two breakers for both condensers had been removed from the box. The damage was estimated at $50 and occurred sometime between May 21-27.

Noise:

Police went to Scarsdale High School at 10:15 on Wednesday night May 28 when the custodian reported a big fight at the school. However when police arrived the custodian said that kids were congregating but no fight had occurred, but that the kids refused to leave the area. When police arrived, the kids moved on.

A neighbor on Murray Hill Road called about noisy construction at another house on the street at 8:48 am on May 29. Police did not feel that the noise caused by the construction was excessive and told the caller who said he would call the building department and ask them to measure the noise decibel.

Multiple noise complaints were made about a party on Shaw Road on Saturday night May 31. Police also received a complaint about noisy kids in Drake Park at 12:30 am on June 1 and asked the kids to leave the park.

Help: At 9am on May 29, Police got a call from a home health aide who takes care of a blind, diabetic man with a heart condition on Dunwoodie Street in Scarsdale. The aide was concerned because she was unable to reach the man. Police went to the home, entered it and found the man on the floor of his bedroom. He was conscious but said his blood sugar was low and that he had bronchitis. EMS workers arrived and transported the man to Lawrence Hospital.

Locked-in: A Carthage Road mom called police at 6 pm on 5/29 when her 18 month-old daughter got locked inside the bathroom. The Fire Department came to the house and was able to unlock the door. The girl was fine.

Biker hit: While riding her bike on East Parkway on the morning of May 31, a woman was struck by a gray car that was pulling out of a parking space. The driver of the car and the bike rider exchanged words – but when the driver realized the woman on the bike was not injured he drove away. The woman told police the license plate number but they were unable to find the driver.

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