Three Burglaries, Two Car Break-ins and One Stolen Car Recovered this Week

An activated burglar alarm brought police to a Hillview House at 7 p.m., Nov. 10. There, police found a broken French door and a tossed master bedroom. A jewelry drawer in the master bedroom closet had been emptied and several small pieces of gold colored jewelry were lying on the ground next to the drawer. A wall safe in the bedroom appeared to have been tampered but not opened. The homeowners were out of town when the burglary occurred. They said they would provide police with a list of stolen items after they returned.

Two second-floor balcony doors at a Tory Lane house were found open at a Tory Lane house following police response to an activated burglar alarm Nov. 11. Police searched the house for suspects with a K-9 unit, but no one was found inside.

An activated burglar alarm brought police to a Rock Creek Lane house around 7 p.m., Nov. 14. Two windows above the garage were tampered with – a bedroom and bathroom window – as well as a balcony window on the side of the house. The balcony window had no access from the ground level and no access to stairs. This window showed evidence of pry marks and was determined to the source of entry. Police established a perimeter and checked the house for suspects. The master bedroom was tossed, and a fire alarm and alarm siren were lying on the floor, disabled. A broken elevator door handle was also found lying on the floor, approximately three feet away from the elevator door. The residents of the house were called to come home. They told police they left the house around 6:30 p.m.

Car break-ins
On Nov. 9, a Stratton Road man reported a $1,400 Prada baby bag was stolen from his unlocked 2016 Lexus parked in his driveway. The contents of the bag were emptied inside the car. A text message sent from the vehicle's monitoring application indicated a car door had been opened at 2:46 a.m.

A Hillandale Close woman reported an $1,800 Louis Vuitton handbag, an $800 iPhone and $450 cash were stolen from her parked car between 6:30 p.m., Nov. 13, and 10 a.m., Nov. 14. A neighbor said he saw a car on Hillandale Close around 3 a.m. on either Nov. 13 or Nov. 14.

Stolen car recovered
At 1:29 a.m., Nov. 11, police noticed a car parked in the exit lane of Westchester Reform Temple. Patrol approached the car and asked if the driver needed any assistance. The driver said he was lost and had pulled over to use his phone. Patrol asked the driver where he was coming from and where he was going. After an extended period of time, the driver said he had left the Bronx and was on his was to Brooklyn. Patrol ran the car's license plates and learned the car had been reported stolen in Queens. Police asked the driver to pull to the side for further assistance, but the driver said he "was all good: and attempted to pull back onto Mamaroneck Road. Patrol stopped the car at the intersection of Mamaroneck and Saxon Woods roads and called for backup. Officers removed the driver – Clifford J. Brown, 23, of Brooklyn – from the car and arrested him. A search of the car uncovered a plastic bag filled with marijuana, 12 small bags of crack cocaine and three GPS devices. A check of Brown's record indicated his license had been suspended on two separate dates, and there was a valid bench warrant from the New York City Police Department. Brown was arraigned at Scarsdale Village Justice Court and committed to Westchester County Jail on $20,000 bail. He was due to return to court Nov. 16.

Help
A woman fell in front of a house under construction at 42 Huntington Road around 5 pm on November 18. Shlomo Freidfertig had stopped by the construction site to see the home that is being built by his son and found the woman lying on her back in front of the house. At the time, she was on her cellphone complaining of neck and back pain and said she could not get up. Police arrived and the woman explained that she had gone out to mail a letter in the mailbox at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Brewster Road when she fell backward. She did not know what caused her to fall. An ambulance was called to transport to the hospital for treatment. Police closed the sidewalk by the construction site with police tape and barricades and notified Frank Diodati from the Building Department.

Identity theft
On Nov. 14, a Donellan Road man reported someone fraudulently opened a Walmart credit card in his name at a store in West Bergen, NJ, and charged $738 on the account. Someone also opened credit cards at Staples and Target and charged $900 and $200 respectively. An attempt was made to open a J. Crew credit card, but the application did not go through. After learning about the accounts, the man closed them.

Graffiti
Five street signs, including a stop sign and two "Do Not Enter" signs were spray painted with gold paint in the vicinity of Greenacres Avenue and Kingston Road Nov. 11.

Rental car
An Avis representative on Scarsdale Avenue reported a rental car had not been returned, as due, as of Nov. 10. On Oct. 30, the renter contacted the agency and said he needed to keep the rental for a longer period due to a family emergency related to the hurricane in North Carolina. Since Oct. 30, the agency has not been able to reach the renter and sent a letter demanding the return of the car on Nov. 5. Police told the agency representative she needed to wait for 30 after sending the letter in order to file a police report.

Leaves
A Madison Road woman reported someone dumped a pile of leaves directly in front of her driveway Nov. 10. She said approximately two months ago, someone moved traffic cones from her driveway and placed them on her car. She thought the two events might be related.

On Nov. 11, a Kent Road resident called police alleging a member of the village's leaf removal crew had spoken to him in an "unpleasant manner." The exchange occurred while the crewmember asked the resident to move cars from in front of his house to facilitate leaf removal. Patrol spoke with the leaf crew and advised them to inform their supervisors if cars needed to be moved, rather than speaking with residents directly and possibly engaging in conflicts.

A Crossway woman reported her neighbor's landscaper blew leaves onto her property Nov. 11. Patrol advised the woman to speak with her neighbor or call police id a similar incident occurs. The landscapers were n longer on the scene when patrol arrived.

Neighbors' dispute
A Sheldrake Road resident reported her neighbor's landscaper dumped leaves onto her property and the roadway Nov. 13. Patrol went to the neighbor's house, but the neighbor, a man, was uncooperative. He refused to provide patrol with his landscaper's name and said, "It is none of your business who my landscaper is. ... This is war now with my neighbor. I don't care. Give me a summons." Patrol then wrote the man a summons, returnable at Village Justice Court on Nov. 18. The man left his house by car but returned after a few minutes while patrol was still there. Patrol advised the man he was not setting a good example in front of his young son by being uncooperative with police. The man then took the village code summons, ripped in into two pieces and threw it on the ground. The man started to touch the side of the patrol car while video recording patrol with his cell phone. The man attempted to intimidate patrol by saying, "Come on. Arrest me for touching your car." Patrol simply reminded the man to answer the village code summons and left.

Approximately two hours later, the man asked police to come to his house regarding an alleged threat by a neighbor. The man was in his car outside his house when police arrived. The man said his neighbor threatened to come to his house with police earlier that day, regarding an ongoing issue with leaves in the roadway. Patrol advised the man that such a statement did not constitute a crime. On Nov. 15, the man called police again to report a verbal dispute with his neighbor over the ongoing leaf issue. Police spoke with both parties, and each of them said they wanted no further contact with each other. They agreed to refrain from speaking with each other in the future.

Cars and roadways
Due to high traffic volume, police stood by while a motorist waited for a tow truck on Post Road at 7:30 a.m., Nov. 13.

Police notified Verizon about a low-hanging wire on Post Road Nov. 13.

A person complained about a three-inch drop in the roadway at the intersection of Post Road and Boulevard Nov. 13. The drop was due to roadway cuts related to recent paving work. Patrol contacted the project manager, who said he would address the issue the following day.

A man sitting in a parked blue Hyundai on Springdale Road was a Scarsdale resident waiting for a friend who lived on the street Nov. 14.

Police saw an unoccupied car at the intersection of Mamaroneck Road and Leatherstocking Lane Nov. 15. The owner had run out of gas and suffered a flat tire. She contacted AAA and was waiting for a tow.

The Central Taxi dispatcher got into an argument with a person who attempted to park his personal car in the taxi lot Nov. 15. The person moved his car before police arrived.

Twelve car accidents were reported in the village this week.

Animals
A 16-year-old girl Post Road girl and a Kingston Road woman were walking their dogs on Brewster Road Nov. 9. The dogs went toward each other and were first believe to be playing and nipping at each other. Their leashes got tangled and one dog bit the other dog's neck and tail. Both owners said their dogs had all the necessary vaccinations. The animal control officer is following up.

Village code
On Nov. 11, police issued an unnecessary noise violation to the owner of dump truck with a malfunctioning horn parked at an Edgewood Road construction site. The horn was experiencing an electrical problem and sounding repeatedly at 1:15 a.m. Firefighters helped disconnect the power to the horn. Police left a message for the dump truck company detailing what had happened.

A Rock Creek Lane homeowner parked his car on his front lawn while construction vehicles were parked in his driveway Nov. 9. A neighbor complained, and police asked the owner to move the car, as per village code.
On Nov. 10, police advised Kent Road landscapers to not begin using gas-powered blowers until 8 a.m. weekdays.

Young children were riding small motorized toys in a Boulevard field Nov. 14. Police advised their guardian it was not permitted to ride motorized toys on the field, so the children and adult left.

Lost and found
A boy found a driver's license and four credit cards on Morris Lane Nov. 13. Police contacted the owner, who said the items might have been stolen from her purse in Yonkers. She picked up the license and cards from headquarters later that day.

Patrol found a Chase bank Visa debit card in the roadway near the intersection of East Parkway and Spencer Place Nov. 16. The card was vouchered at headquarters for safekeeping.

Firefighters
During training, a firefighter sustained a head injury and was transported to White Plains Hospital Center for a concussion Nov. 9. Another firefighter sustained a back injury during survival and bailout training Nov. 10.

On Nov. 10, firefighters helped a person get out of the elevator in Christies Place Garage after the elevator malfunctioned. Firefighters placed the elevator out of service and notified the service company. The person who had been stuck in the elevator said the elevator's emergency phone was not working.

An Overhill Road resident complained of strong gasoline odors while the Citgo gas station on Scarsdale Avenue was receiving a delivery Nov. 11. The matter was referred to the fire inspector.

A Deerfield Lane stove was malfunctioning, and the igniter would not turn off Nov. 11. Firefighters shut gas and power to the stove and advised the resident to have the appliance serviced.

Food burning in a pot in a Walworth Avenue house self extinguished but caused smoke inside the house Nov. 12. Firefighters opened windows to ventilate the house.

While walking in the village on training, a pedestrian flagged down firefighters for help with a worker of DeCiccio's Marketplace whose shoe got stuck under a pallet after a pallet jack slipped while the worker was unloading a delivery truck Nov. 12. Firefighters helped the man remove his foot from his shoe and then pried up on the pallet to lift it and release the shoe. The man's foot was not injured. Firefighters instructed the worker to continue unloading the truck by hand due to the jack's malfunction.

Firefighters cleaned up a fluid spill from Post Road Nov. 13.

A stove knob broke in a Magnolia Road kitchen, and the resident was unable to shut off the gas supply Nov. 13. Firefighters used the knob from a different burner to shut off the gas. Firefighters advised the homeowner to replace the broken knob before using the burner again.

Firefighters stood by for Con Edison at the site of a possible gas leak on Palmer Avenue Nov. 14.

An odor of gas was detected in the firing range of the public safety building Nov. 15. Firefighters checked the area with gas meters and did not detect the presence of any gas. The heating unit in the space was advised to be serviced.

This week, firefighters assisted at five car accidents in the village. They responded to two false carbon monoxide alarms and 19 false fire alarms caused by device malfunction, painters' sanding, shower steam, cooking smoke, cleaning chemicals, excessive dust and battery replacement.

This report covering police and fire department activity from Nov. 9-15 was compiled from official information.

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