Two Burglaries and Slashed Tires in Scarsdale

Burglaries: A Fox Meadow Road resident called police on 12/16 when he returned home to find that the rear kitchen door was ajar and that multiple rooms were ransacked. Personal belongings and several jewelry boxes had been tossed around the master bedroom. All the items in the dresser drawers had been dumped on the floor and police found cash, including a $100 bill, and jewelry strewn about. It appeared that the burglars also entered two other bedrooms. However, laptop computers, an I-Pad, and I-Pod and digital camera were left undisturbed and passports, drivers licenses and credit cards remained on the bed. Police determined that the burglars entered and exited through the rear kitchen door and found both knobs in the unlocked position and determined that the door was not fully secure. Police reported that the house was unkempt and the owner had to tell them whether the disarray was due to the burglary or poor housekeeping.

An Aspen Road home was entered through an unlocked window in the master bedroom on Saturday night 12/20. Police found a window screen on the grass and fresh footprints leading to the window on the ground. The master bedroom was heavily tossed and jewelry boxes were left empty on the floor. A second bedroom and an office were also tossed.The owner has a video security system and police will review the footage.

Tires Punctured: A Bronx woman reported that someone had punctured a tire on her VW Passat when it was parked at Scarsdale Community Baptist Church on the evening of 12/17. Police found a 1/2"long hole in the sidewall of the tire. The woman said that she saw a man pull his car up next to hers and heard the hissing sound of a tire puncture. A 2002 Dodge, parked next to the Passat had a similar puncture in a tire. She described the the suspect as a male with short dark hair wearing black athletic shorts, a white t-shirt and a color hooded sweatshirt with a zipper in the front. She initially thought he was walking a dog because he was not dressed appropriately for the weather and believed he was carrying something. The car was towed to the Shell Station on Scarsdale Avenue to be repaired. Police found the owner of the second car with the punctured tire at Savona and helped the owner change her tire.

Theft at CVS: Three men entered CVS on Popham Road at 6:50 pm on 12/20 and made off with $636 of the cold medicine Mucinex and contact lens solution Optifree. The store manager sobserved three black men enter the store, one carrying three plastic bags. The men went directly to aisle #10. He heard the sound of items being placed into the bags and went to investigate. The men saw him and exited the store. The manager did not see the men place the merchandise into the bags but did find that the Mucinex display was empty. When he checked his inventory he determined that $636 worth of the two items were missing. The store has video footage of the men entering and exiting the store but does not have video of the aisle where the merchandise was located. The store provided police with pictures of the three individuals.

Package Theft: A Fedex Package, containing a Roominate Toy valued at $29.99 was stolen from the doorway of a home on Olmsted Road on the afternoon of 12/17. Police canvassed neighbors but no one was home.

Pedestrian's Hit: A White Plains woman, driving a 2014 Mercedes Benz struck a pedestrian who was crossing Popham Road near Overhill Road at 5:35 pm on 12/18. The pedestrian was 20 feet from the crosswalk and the driver said she did not see her.The injured pedestrian was taken to White Plains hospital.

A White Plains man driving a 2001 Ford pick-up struck a 14 year-old boy at the intersection of Sherbrooke and Post Roads at 8 am on 12/19. The driver was stopped at the light on Sherbrooke Road waiting to turn onto Post Road. When the light turned green he started to go when the boy ran in front of the car. The driver braked and swerved as he made contact the pedestrian who was taken to the hospital due to an ankle injury.

Scofflaw Vehicle Towed: A 2013 Mercedes Benz owned by Howard Slotnick of Armonk was towed from Boniface Circle on the evening of 12/15 in accordance with the Scarsdale Scofflaw law which requires police to tow away cars with active Scofflaw violations. The car was parked at an expired meter on Boniface Circle at 4:15 pm on December 15th. Police verified that the owner had failed to pay parking penalties and called Vincents Towing to take it away.

Sign: A sign for New Crystal Restoration Enterprises was illegally posted at the Quaker Ridge School. Police took it down and issued a summons to the company.

Suspicious Incidents: A Parkfield Road man called police when a man came to his door on the evening of 12/15 and said he was there to fix the washing machine. When the homeowner said he had not called for service the man left and sat in vehicle for an hour in front of the house.

A Sprague Road man called police on the afternoon of 12/18 when a cleaning crew entered his house and started cleaning. The man and two women came through the front door without any cleaning supplied. When the caller verified that no one had called them, the crew left in a silver van.

Kids; A Webster Road dad called police at 8:46 am on 12/16 when his 9 year-old son acted up and refused to go to school. Police went to the house and spoke to the boy who immediately calmed down, agreed to go to school and to listen to his parents in the future.

Two two-year olds got locked in a car on Weaver Street with the ignition running at 9:21 am on December 16th. When police arrived the car was running and one of the children was in the drivers seat. Police called Heathcote Gulf who came by and opened the car.

Neighbors: A Brewster Road woman called police after her neighbor parked her car on her lawn and refused to move the car. Police arrived and spoke to the woman who parked on her neighbors property. The woman said she parked there so that her husband, who has trouble walking, could see some branches that had been cut from a tree on her property. The neighbor told police that the branches were hanging over her property and therefore she was within her rights to trim them.Police advised the woman to call the building department if she had further complaints.

Barking Dogs: A Westview Lane man called police at 11 pm on 12/19 when two dogs outside a neighbors home were barking and disturbing neighbors. Police tried to contact the dog's owners and were unsuccessful. Police issued the neighbors a summons for unnecessary noise.

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