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Written by Joanne Wallenstein

Published: 24 June 2014

Created: 24 June 2014

Last Updated: 24 June 2014

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For the third consecutive week, a woman has been arrested in Scarsdale for a DWI. At 8:30 pm on Thursday June 19th police were called about an erratic driver in a red convertible on Fox Meadow Road. They found the 2003 Chrysler red convertible parked on Fox Meadow Road with the engine running. Inside was Lisa Pierdiluca of Lee Road with two dogs. Police smelled alcohol on Pierdiluca's breath and she admitted to drinking and then reached over to the passenger side of the car and produced a 750 ml bottle of Jack Daniels Whiskey that was ¾ empty. Police asked her if she had drunk it all and she said "yes."

While police were speaking to her she appeared to fall asleep. She failed sobriety tests and had to sit on her bumper to take the Field Sobriety test. She was found to have a BAC of .21% and arrest for Aggravated DWI (.18 grams or more alcohol in blood) . Greenburgh Animal Control cam to take the dogs to the New Rochelle Humane Society and Pierdiluca was taken to the White Plains ER because she said she "wasn't feeling well." She was given a court date of Wednesday June 25.

Ike Okoli, age 26 of Lockwood Road was arrested for disobeying an order to stay away from his neighbor's home on June 16 after the neighbor found him standing on her property taking photos of her through her front window. She saw Okoli wearing a yellow shirt and taking photos through her window with a smart phone while standing in a flower bed under her dining room window. Police went to Okoli's home and he refused to come outside and speak to them. Speaking from a second floor window he said, My sister's dog ran away onto their property. I had to get him. It's not a crime to get my dog." Police later contacted Okoli's mother who brought him to headquarters where he was arrested for disobeying the order of protection. Judge Galloway released him on his own recognizance and gave him a court date of June 25.

Car flips into Bronx River: Two people were taken to the hospital Saturday morning 6-21 after they drove off the northbound Bronx River Parkway just south of Harney Road and their Honda overturned into the Bronx River. According to reports, two people who were walking on the path saw the accident and jumped into the river to get the driver and passenger out of the car. The water in the river was about 5 feet deep at the scene. The woman inside the car was in cardiac arrest and taken to Lawrence Hospital. The man had hypothermia and was taken to Westchester Medical Center. The Parkway was closed for hours while police investigated the accident and a tow truck pulled the car out of the water and up the riverbank.

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Marital Troubles: On June 16, a Cooper Road man told police that his wife was physically abusive and punched him in the shoulder and threw his laptop computer. The wife said she accidentally hit her husband's shoulder while moving a laptop computer from the backseat to the front seat of their car. After speaking to police both parties felt safe staying in the same house.

Missing Husband: On June 18 a Palmer Avenue woman reported that her husband was missing – however after speaking with her police determined that the man was not missing, he just did not want to speak to his wife. Police spoke to the man who said that earlier in the week he had a dispute with his wife and did not want to contact her. He then agreed to communicate with her.

Golf balls: On 6/17 a Sherbrooke Road woman complained that someone on a neighboring property was hitting golf balls on her property. She was concerned about her children's safety. Police spoke to the neighbor's son and he denied hitting golf balls.

Harassed: On 6/16 a Lee Road man complained that he was receiving unwanted phone calls from a woman responding to his ad on Craig's List for a house rental. The woman did not meet his financial requirements for the house rental but she called him repeatedly.

Fart Bomb: A Colby Road woman said that someone left something at her door on June 19th. Police went to the house and found a small baggie labeled "Fart Bomb" and disposed of it.

Stranger at the Door: A Montrose Road woman called at 2:20 am on June 21 when a woman rang her doorbell and said the police took her car and her purse. The woman was described as a white female, with brown hair and glasses, about 5'5" tall. Police found the woman at 4:47 am. She said she had been released from White Plains Hospital and wanted to go to Mt. Vernon. She had previously been arrested for DWAI Drugs, and Criminal Possession of a weapon and of marijuana in Harrison. Police took her to the shelter at Grace Church in White Plains.

Identity Thefts:

-On 6-17 a Secor Road man told police he was the victim of a Craig's List scam when he was selling his car. Someone attempted to defraud him of $800.

-A Gaylor man reported on 6-22 that someone had applied for credit cards in his name from Dick's Sporting Goods, Victoria's Secret, Pottery Barn, J Crew, Ann Taylor, Nordstorm, Toys R Us and T-Mobile. All the applications were denied.

Lost and Found:

-A Myrtledale Road man said that his wallet was stolen on 6/21 by a day laborer he had picked up on the Post Road to assist him with a job. The victim had a small bag on the console of his car that contained his wallet and $900. He left the bag unattended from 10 am to 1 pm. At 2 pm the laborer complained of stomach pain and asked to be taken back to where had was picked up. After the man was dropped off the victim realized the bag with his wallet and cash were gone. Also missing were his driver's license, professional license, social security car and credit cards.

- An Eastchester man found a gold ring with the engraving "BBK Forever as well as twelve Canadian coin on East Parkway on June 22. He turned them over to the police.

-A resident on North Chase Road found documentation in her backyard on 6/21 and turned them over to the police. It turned out that they belonged to residents on Stonehouse Road whose car had been entered in the spring of 2013.

-A Garth Road woman said that her purse was taken at DeCicco's Market at 2:40 pm on 6-22. However, when police went to the market they found that the woman had left her bag in the store, and employee had turned it in and police were able to give it back to the owner.

-A Tompkins Road man found a small white dog, possibly a Westy, on his property on the night of June 22. He turned the dog over to police who transported it to the New Rochelle Humane Society.

Traffic Violations:

Police stopped the drivers of several unregistered cars, gave summon's to the drivers and towed their cars:

-Michele Jasper-Brody of the Bronx was stopped for driving an unregistered car on 6/16

-Anthony B. Johnson of Bridgeport CT was stopped for driving without a license, for failing to wear a seatbelt and for driving a car with a suspended registration on June 17th.

-Y Slabodyanskaya of State Island was stopped for driving a car with a suspended registration due to parking violations on 6/18.

Get off the horn: Police gave a summons to a Scarsdale Taxi driver for making unnecessary noise on June 20 after he honked repeatedly and yelled outside his car window when the car in front of him was waiting for another car to back out of a parking space on Chase Road.

Animals:

-A Brewster Road woman called about a dead raccoon in her yard. Police put it in a box and put it on the side of the road for pick up.

-Cooper Road residents called police when a bat entered their home on the night of 6/17. Police caught the bat and took it out of the house.

-A white dog with no tags was found at a home on Brook Lane at 11:45 am on 6/21. Police secured the dog and it was picked up by the New Rochelle Humane Society.

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Written by Joanne Wallenstein

Published: 01 July 2014

Created: 01 July 2014

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Lost and Found: An Edgemont woman reported that she lost a gold bracelet with pave diamonds valued at $3,000 after dining at Chat in Scarsdale Village on the night of June 21. Later that night when she realized it was missing she returned to the restaurant but they had not found it.

A 2011 Trek bicycle valued at $350 with a cable combination lock and saddlebags were stolen from the bike rack on East Parkway on June 24th between 1 and 8:50 pm.

A Specialized Sirrus hybrid bike valued at $500 was taken from the rack at East Parkway and Spencer Place between noon and 7 pm on June 26. A Kryptonite cable lock, bike tools and a bike bag were also gone.

An iPad that belongs to the Scarsdale School District was stolen from the desk of a phys ed teacher at SHS over the weekend of June 19 – June 21. Though the iPad was missing, the charger remained.

A key to an Acura was found at the intersection of Franklin and Stratton Road on 6/28. The keys are being held at the Police station for the owner to claim.

Scams: A Woods Lane man got a call from someone who claimed to be his grandson and said he had been arrested in the Dominican Republic and needed $7,000. The Scarsdale man was instructed to call a "Lt. Foster" at a phone number with an area code in Montreal. The Scarsdale man was able to determine the call was a scam – so when he got a second call asking why he had not called the alleged Lieutenant, he asked the "grandson" for the name of his sister and he hung up.

Heathcote Road residents reported that someone called them and tried to extort $1,000 from them, saying they had an open "financial fraud case" against them. They realized it was a fraud and hung up.

Identity Theft: a Boulevard woman told police that twelve fraudulent charges, totaling more than $3,000 appeared on her Wells Fargo Visa Card account . Ten of the charges were for Uber and two were for Jet Blue.

A Dobbs Terrace woman reported that someone used her Chase Sapphire Card to make a charge at a Hampton Inn in Mexico without her authorization. She closed the account and the bank issued new credit cards.

Damage: The rear driver's side window of a 2005 Cadillac Escalade was broken while the car was parked in a Palmer Road driveway overnight on 6/26 – 6/27. It appeared that the window had been punctured by an unknown object. Nothing was missing from inside the car.

A $300 exterior light fixture at a home on Ogden Road was shattered overnight on 6/25- 6/26. The homeowner heard the sound of glass shattering around midnight and looked outside to find a black Lincoln Town car parked facing his house. He called police when he thought he saw kids shooting a BB gun out of the car window, but by the time police arrived, the car was gone. The man did not realize that the fixture was shattered until the following morning.

A large utility pole along with transformers and wires came down behind the Golden Horseshoe Shopping Center on June 27th. It appeared that it simply fell down – as there was no evidence that it had been hit. Police contacted the businesses at the shopping center and Con Ed who cut the power to the pole and agreed to move it. The landlord will need to replace the pole as it is on private property.

Noise: Police received two calls about noise from a party on Morris Lane on the night of 6-23/. Police went to the house and the residents agreed to lower the volume of the music.

Dispute: A Coralyn Road woman called to say that her mother was withholding her medicine on the night of 6-25. Police mediated the dispute and the mother gave her daughter her meds. On 6-26, the Department of Social Services asked the police to check in on the women at the same address and everything was found to be in order.

On the Run: A School Lane man called police at 6:14 am on June 29 when his 86 year-old mother-in-law, who suffers from dementia got out of the house. He asked for help in finding her. Police located her on Popham Road, identified her and brought her home. The woman also left the house on Monday morning June 30th and residents called police for help.

Locked In: A River Road woman called police on the afternoon of 6-27 to say she was locked inside her car and could not get out. When police arrived she had figured out how to get out.

In a Ditch: On June 29 at 9:40 am the driver of a Chevy Impala attempted to turn the car around at East Parkway and Crane Road but ended up in a ditch at the construction site. A tow truck had to be called to pull the car out of the ditch. There was minimal damage to the car.

Animals:

A Richbell Road woman found a large turtle in her driveway on the morning of 6-27. She called police who placed the turtle in a box and brought it to a pond to be released.

A Valley Road woman was given a warning about keeping her dogs on leashes after she was found letting them run loose in Red Maple Swamp on the morning of 6-23.

No Posting: Police receive a complaint about flyers placed on windshields of cars parked in the Christie Place Garage on the evening of 6-26. Total Form Fitness in Hartsdale was given a summons for distributing the flyers.

Arrests: Aryn Wexler, age 31 of White Plains surrendered to police in response to a bench warrant on 6/26. Her father paid her bail and she was released and given a court date of July 2.

Summons for driving with suspended registrations were given to:

-Sharagay Tulloch of Mt. Vernon on June 25
-Laura Bozzone of White Plains on June 28
-Hugo Daniel Sonco of Elmsford who also got a ticket for driving without a license on June 28.

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Written by Joanne Wallenstein

Published: 17 June 2014

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Arrests: Carmen Freedman, age 58, of Greenridge Avenue in White Plains was arrested at 11 pm on June 11 after she swerved off Park Road in her Honda, onto the opposite side of the street and hit a fire hydrant at 59 Park Road. Freedman was driving north on Park Road at the time of the accident. When the airbags deployed, she cut her left arm. Police found Freedman in her 2012 orange Honda Fit with glassy eyes and slurred speech. She said she was unsure of what happened but admitted to drinking a cocktail and glass of wine at Vega Restaurant in Hartsdale. She failed sobriety tests, was arrested and taken to White Plains hospital for treatment of her abrasion. She was later released on her own recognizance and given a court date of June 18. Her car was towed.

On June 11, Henry Cohen, age 68 of Emerson New Jersey surrendered to police in response to charges of assault, "criminal obstruction of breathing," and stalking a 70- year-old woman who lives on Wakefield Road in Scarsdale. The incident occurred on November 11, 2013. Cohen denied the charges and said he did not place his hands on the victim's neck but did admit to grabbing the complainant by her shoulders and throwing her onto the bed. He denied using force and explained the woman's black eye by saying that he attempted to kiss her and his nose hit her in the face. The defendant was processed and taken to Village Court where Judge Galloway issued a "stay away" order for the woman and her daughter. He was released on his own recognizance and given a court date of June 18th.

Jessie Forson, age 54, a homecare employee for Senior Bridge of White Plains, was arrested on June 11 for "endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person." Details were not given.

Identity Theft: A Brookline Road man reported that on May 30 and May 31 someone opened at least six separate store credit card account in his name and purchased merchandise valued at $11,600 on the cards.

Missing employee: The manager at Pookie and Sebastian in Scarsdale Village called police on the afternoon of 6-14 when one of his employees failed to appear for work and he was concerned and unable to contact her. Police went to the woman's apartment and found her in good health.

Mom bites daughter: Police were called by the Department of Social Services on June 10th to investigate an incident of child abuse. Scarsdale High School reported that a mother bit her daughter.

Harassed: A Huntington Avenue woman reported that she was being harassed via text messages from her nephew on June 13. The texts accused her of being a "traitor" and betraying "the state, their family and God."

Vandalism: A car that belongs to a Saxon Woods Road woman was reported damaged at 4 pm on June 14th. The rear window of the car was smashed and glass was both inside and outside the car.

A house on Dickel Road was egged and "toilet papered" over night on 6/8 – 6/9. The girl who lives at the house believes it was the result of an altercation she had with some classmates. The front door of the house was egged again overnight on 6/9 – 6/10. The father thought it was done due to a disagreement between his daughter and her friends at a prom party.

Police were called at 8:50 pm on June 14 when a resident saw a teenage boy with an ax in the woods behind the Fox Meadow School attempting to cut down a tree. By the time police arrived the boy was gone.

Mix-up: Two women with the same first and last names had a mix-up in regards to a check for some jewelry she had appraised through Wilsons Jewelers. A Scarsdale woman went to the store to pick up a check for her jewelry on June 13th. She was told that someone with her name had already picked up the check. However, the license the woman presented bore a different address in Hawthorne. Police contacted the Hawthorne woman who also had items appraised. She realized that she had the wrong check and agreed to mail it back to Wilsons.

Cars:

Police were alerted about a car on fire on Mohican Trail on the afternoon of June 10. The fire department put out the fire . Police investigated and found no evidence of arson.

A Tompkins Road woman called police at 1:13 am on June 15 when she heard a noise emanating from underneath her car that she believed was a bomb. Police stopped by, listened to the noise and determined that it was a mechanical issue rather than an explosive device. They advised the caller to go to the mechanic in the morning.

Violations:

A sign for "Honey Do Men" gutter services was posted on the Post Road in Scarsdale in violation of a "No Posting" law. Police issued the company a summons and secured the sign on 6/13.

Police issued a warning to a man from Highrise Rental Management who was soliciting on rural drive without a permit on the evening of June 10th.

Raccoon at Soulcycle: A raccoon was found in the stairway that leads from the CVS garage to Soul Cycle at 5:30 am on June 12. Police found the raccoon and they were able to get it to back out of the stairs.

Runaway UPS Man: While police were issuing a summons to UPS truck on Scarsdale Avenue, the driver hopped into the truck and drove away around 12:30 on June 12. Police were able to find the UPS truck and issued the driver a summons.

IRS Scam: On the night of June 13 a Post Road man came to police headquarters to reported that he received a call from someone named Mr. White who claimed to be an employee of the IRS. White told the man to call Daniel Wilson about his daughter's unpaid taxes. The Scarsdale man did not believe White and hung up. He later realized it was a scam.

Lost and Found:

Wallets:

A wallet containing an Edgemont High School id card and $5 was found on June 14 and dropped off at Scarsdale Police Headquarters. The wallet belongs to Faizan Hussain who should retrieve it from Scarsdale Police headquarters. A brown wallet was found in the Merchants Lot on East Parkway on June 14. Police attempted to reach the owner, Richard Gay of New Rochelle, but were unable to contact him. A Carman Road woman reported that she lost her Kate Spade wallet containing her driver's license and $50 in cash on June 14.

Dog:

A woman called police at 8:30 pm on Sunday June 15 when she found a large black dog on Tisdale Road. When police arrived the dog's owner appeared and took possession of his pet.

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