Three More Burglaries Reported in Scarsdale
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Thieves continue to prey on Scarsdale homes and this week the Scarsdale Police report three additional burglaries. All involve broken glass and stolen jewelry. Take at look at what’s happening here:
A Fox Meadow Road home was entered on the afternoon of 11/17. Though the front door had been locked with a deadbolt, the homeowner returned and found it ajar with the deadlock still in the locked position. Upon inspection police determined that the thieves had entered the house through a bathroom window that is concealed by shrubbery and an air conditioning unit outside the house. Police suspect that the intruders left via sliding glass doors in the living room. The master bedroom, an upstairs bedroom and the office were heavily tossed. Empty jewelry boxes were found on the floor and the thieves took three pillowcases. In the office papers were in disarray and a safe was left open, though several laptops in the house were untouched. The homeowner estimated that at least $15,000 in jewelry was missing and said that she would supply an inventory.
Between 11/10 and 11/19 a burglary occurred on Wheelock Road where the suspect entered the house by breaking a glass door and prying it open. Silver and antique photos were taken from the first floor, and the second floor master bedroom was heavily tossed. The suspect used a tool to break open a locked walk-in closet where drawers were open and jewelry was removed. All electronics were left in place. A platinum Tiffany watch and a strand of pearls with a platinum diamond clasp were among the missing items.
A third burglary occurred on Fairview Road on the night of 11/19 when the residents were out to dinner in White Plains. As in the Wheelock Road incident, the thief or thieves got into the house by prying open the base of a glass paneled back door and shattering the glass. There were mud stains on the carpeted stairway and in the master bedroom. Bedroom drawers and the closet were tossed and jewelry boxes were strewn about. Several pieces of jewelry and $2,000 in cash were missing. A locked closet on the second floor was pried open.
A mountain bike was stolen from a Stratton Road garage sometime between 11/18 and 11/20. At times the garage had been left open.
Found: A Yonkers man found a walker, used by the elderly, at the corner of Christie Place and Chase Road on the morning of 11/16. Later that day he turned it over to the police.
Identity Theft: On 11/19, a Tisdale man reported that someone had attempted to open credit card accounts using his personal information at Dell Computer and Capitol One. The imposter had the Scarsdale man’s name, social security number and date of birth. Both accounts were closed.
Nasty Dog: On11/14 a Hampton Road woman complained that a neighbor’s dog attacks her dog when she walks by the property. She asked police to contact the dog’s owners.
Harassed: A Secor Road woman reported the receipt of harassing phone calls from her ex-boyfriend’s sister on 11/19. The complainant gave the police the name and phone number of the woman who was bothering her.
On the night of 11/19 a Heathcote Road woman came to police to complain that her boyfriend was demanding that she remove her property from an apartment in Brooklyn that was leased to her. She wanted the boyfriend to vacate instead. Police advised that this was a civil incident and recommended that she call the Kings County Courthouse during regular business hours.
A concerned Park Road woman called police on 11/17 to report that at 2 pm the previous day her teenage daughter was waiting for the Bee Line bus on the Post Road when the driver of a dark blue minivan stopped and asked her if she wanted a ride home. The girl declined the ride but described the driver as a Hispanic male with black hair and black mustache.
Disputes: Two employees of Dunkin Donuts on Depot Place got into a fight on the afternoon of 11/20. One man threatened to the cut the other. When police arrived the store manager did not wish to press charges and the employee apologized for making the threat. The store manager agreed to schedule the two on different shifts in the future.
On 11/15 the Eye Gallery in Scarsdale reported that a customer failed to pay for a pair of sunglasses that she picked up in July. The woman had promised to pay for the glasses when she received her insurance reimbursement check but cashed the check and did not pay the store. Police advised the store to call a lawyer.
Missing: On 11/15 a Brite Avenue woman asked police to help her contact her sister in Houston who she had not been able to reach for several months. Scarsdale police contacted Houston Police and requested a welfare check. Houston Police contacted the woman and reported back that she was fine.
Dancing: Police were called on the afternoon of 11/18 when a man was seen dancing in Greenacres Field. When police arrived they found a Village resident doing a martial arts workout.
Accidents: A 69 year-old Johnson Road man was driving eastbound on Ardsley Road at 4:30 on 11/116 when he lost consciousness. As the car entered the intersection of Ardsley Road and Depot Place he hit another car and then struck the curbing under construction at the bridge.
A 60 year-old New Rochelle woman was travelling northbound on the Hutchinson Avenue on the morning of 11/17 when her eyeglasses slipped off her face. While she attempting to put them back on, she veered off the road and drove into a telephone pole.
Woman Arrested for Speeding, Unlicensed Driving and Impersonation
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Who Are You? A 39 year-old White Plains woman was arrested for false impersonation, unlicensed driving and speeding when police stopped her on the Post Road in Scarsdale on the afternoon of November 10th. Police clocked her driving 47 mph in her 2012 Hyundai. They stopped and asked her for a license and she did not have one. When asked her name, she provided a name that proved to belong to her husband. After several tries she gave a name that was not on file with the DMV. Pressed further, she gave police her real name and a search revealed that her license had been suspended in March, 2011 for failure to answer a summons from Scarsdale Village Court. She later admitted to applying for a new driver’s license under an assumed name to avoid dealing with the warrant.
The woman’s husband came to Scarsdale to pick up the couple’s three year-old daughter who was in the car with her. She was arrested and taken to headquarters where she was released on $500 bail pending a court date.
Autumn Leaves Afire: Police responded to River Road on the afternoon of 11/11 where two boys were setting leaves on fire. When police arrived they saw the 
suspects trying to put out the fire, but the boys fled when they saw the police. Using a fire extinguisher police put out the fire. They pursued the boys but were unable to find them. The boys left behind a box of matches, a burned cloth and an aerosol can.
Drive By: A Church Lane man reported that a large truck pulling a trailer drove over his front lawn on the evening of November 8th. The wheel left a large rut mark,12 “ wide, six “ deep and 20 feet in length in the front lawn. A Madison Road man contacted police to say that he had seen the truck in question and provided the license plate number. Police tracked the ownership of the truck to a company in Dobbs Ferry and tried to reach them.
Mad: An irate passenger broke the plexi-glass window in the interior of a Central Taxi on the night of 11/8. Police met the cab driver on East Parkway who said that the passenger wanted to pay for his ride from Scarsdale to Valhalla with a credit card, but did not have the card with him. The cab driver told the man that the taxi company does not accept payment with credit card numbers on the phone and dropped the passenger off at the taxi stand at the Scarsdale Train Station. At this point, the passenger punched the window, broke it and fled down East Parkway. The driver gave police the passenger’s cell phone number that he had used to call the cab. Police called the number and found that the passenger was on Garth Road. They picked him up and asked him if he would pay for the damage to the cab. He agreed to pay $30 and the cab driver said he would not press charges.
Rage: An employee of Village Hall called police to report an inappropriate resident. The man, who lives on Crossway, came to Scarsdale Village Hall at 2 pm on
11/7 and asked to speak with the treasurer. When he was told she was unavailable he told the Village employee to give “the idiot the message to call him,” and said “Go choke on it.”. Police called the man at home and warned him that his behavior borders on harassment and would not be tolerated
Hacked: On 11/9 a Sheldrake Road woman came to police after an acquaintance of her husband’s hacked into her email account and tapped into her mobile phone. Some of her emails were deleted or modified and her password was changed. Her husband agreed to speak with the suspect.
Ammo: On 11/9, a Mt. Vernon man turned in a BB gun and several boxes of ammunition from his employers home. The homeowner asked to have them destroyed.
Missing: On 11/9 the executor for a Mamaroneck Road man reported that a silver set valued at $5,971 and several items of jewelry were missing from the man’s home. The total value of the missing items was $17,000.
Accidents: A Heathcote woman hit the accelerator instead of the brake on the morning of 11/13 and ran into two parking meters and a support beam for the covered walkway from the MTA ticket booth on Depot Place. The meters still worked but their poles were bent and MTA engineers were called to evaluate the damaged support beam. SVAC was called to assist the driver.
Juiced: A 16 year-old girl from Garth Road reported that someone spilled juice on her 2009 Jeep Wrangler when it was parked at Scarsdale High School on the morning of November 8th.
Harassed: On 11/11 an employee of Country Bank reported the receipt of harassing phone calls at work. When she picks up the phone, the caller hangs up.
Party Crashers: At 10 pm on 11/11, a Cayuga Road man called police when some uninvited guests tried to get into his home. The man’s son was hosting a few friends at the house when other youths tried to break in.
Restoration Crews Arrive in Scarsdale
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The Con Edison website still shows that 1192 homes in Scarsdale remain without power on Tuesday, but this count should decline today as repair crews have finally arrived in town. It is heartening to see trucks lined up on Village streets. We spoke to workers on Brite Avenue in Greenacres who had come here from all over the country to assist. We have also heard that there are crews in Edgewood. The Con Edison map also now shows that some homes should be back in business today, though for most the deadline is still Wednesday at midnight. If you see repairmen near your home, please send a comment to the site so that we can track activity around town.
The Fox Meadow School had a noon dismissal on Monday due to a power outage, but heat, power and phone lines have now been repaired and all district schools are open today. Scarsdale Synagogue on Ogden Road has no power so all activities are cancelled for Tuesday.
An email from Mayor Miriam Flisser says that Con Edison is offering free dry ice at the Midway Shopping Center on Central Avenue from 1-7 pm today (Tuesday). If everything in your freezer has not already thawed, give it a try. The Mayor also reports the following, “The priorities continue to be: road closures; restoration of power; and then removal of potential hazards. Con Ed reports that more crews are arriving from other locations. The estimated restoration time for the majority of customers is still Wednesday Nov 2 at 12:59 PM.
Meanwhile, trick or treaters seemed to largely ignore a recommendation from the Village to stay inside on Halloween night. One mom reports giving
out six large bags of candy, and even a downed wire on Brewster Road did not prevent costumed kids from collecting their goodies.
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Police Report: A Difficult Week in Scarsdale
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Deaths: The Scarsdale Police Department responded to a Wakefield Road residence on a report of an unresponsive person on Thursday, November 3rd. The 49 year-old male victim was pronounced dead at the scene by an SVAC Paramedic. The initial investigation indicated that the death was the result of a suicide and Scarsdale Police Detectives and the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office are continuing their inquiry. The results of the Medical Examiner’s investigation are pending.
A Bradley Road woman returned home after dropping her children off at school on Wednesday morning 11/2 and found her 71 year-old mother, Genowefa Bura, unresponsive. She called SVAC who pronounced her dead. Bura had appeared to be in good health but took blood pressure medication. The Medical Examiner’s office will investigate.
Missing ring: An Overlook Road woman realized that she had not seen her $13,000 1.07 carat diamond ring since May or June, 2011. She looked for it on Thursday October 27 and found it was gone. She reported that the house was renovated during the summer and that one of the workman might have taken the ring.
Chase: At 1:06 am on 11/2 Scarsdale police were called to assist White Plains police in a search for two suspects who had abandoned a stolen car on the Hutchinson River Parkway at Mamaroneck Road. The suspects fled after Police conducted a traffic stop. The White Plains Canine Unit found one man in the backyard of 23 Rural Drive and took him into custody and pursued another behind the Boulder Brook Stables but were unable to find him.
Harassed: A 23 year-old Brookby Road resident who works as a teacher reported that she received a harassing text message on 10/31. The phone number was blocked and the caller cursed. She believed it might have been one of her students and will report the incident to her principal.
Identity theft: A suspicious tax collection company called a Garden Road man on 11/4, claiming he owed $8,000 in back taxes to the state of Vermont where the man had attended school from 2004- 2009. When he tried to call the agency back there was no answer. The man did not owe any taxes and filed the report with the police.
Arrest: Henry Aguilar, age 27 of Yonkers was picked up by New Rochelle police and turned over to Scarsdale Police on an outstanding bench warrant on 11/1. He was released on $500 bail that was posted by his mother
Locked in: A six year-old girl got locked into a bathroom of a home on Oakstwain Road on the morning of 11/7. The fire department arrived and was able to get her out.
Mischief: A mailbox at a Bradford Road home was damaged on the night of 11/5. The resident found the mailbox knocked off its post and he had heard kids in front of house at the time.
A Wakefield Road man reported that kids threw eggs at his front door on Halloween night.
Damage: A car belonging to a Heathcote Road woman was damaged when a large branch fell off Village tree removal equipment and fell on her car while she was driving on Heathcote Road on the afternoon of 11/4.
Noise: Police received three reports of loud music coming from the Saxon Woods Golf Club at 8 pm and 9 pm on October 31.
A Nelson Road woman reported that he card was stolen at 4 pm on 11/5. She later realized that her son had taken the car.
Disputes: Police were called on the afternoon of 11/1 when a Heathcote Road woman could not get out of her driveway because a Con Edison truck was blocking it. The Con Ed man said that a low hanging live wire was dangerous and that no one should go within 25 feet of it, but the homeowner insisted on leaving her driveway. Police asked the Con Ed man to move his truck and stood by while the woman exited. It was later determined that she could have driven out of a second driveway.
On 11/6, a Tunstall Road man reported that a truck from BGE Utility Company of Maryland had driven over his front lawn and damaged the sprinkler system. Con Edison did not return his calls.
Police were called twice to resolve a conflict about a tree between a Sprague Road and a Webster Road home on the afternoon of 11/4. The tree was being trimmed by one neighbor and the other thought the pruning would affect the integrity of the tree. Since the man had a right to trim any portion of the tree that hung over his property police told the feuding neighbors that this was a civil issues.
Police received several complaints about a suspicious car parked at the intersection of Greendale and Oxford Roads on 11/4 and 11/5. Police spoke to the car’s occupant who said he was a private investigator.
A Wayside Lane woman called to report that her husband had violated a court order and entered her home on the morning of 10/3. Police asked the woman to get a copy of the order for police to keep on file.
No Trick, No Treat in Scarsdale
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At a briefing with the League of Women Voters on Monday morning October 31, Village Manager Al Gatta revealed that 2,800 village homes are without power --- a greater number of homes than were dark in March, 2010 --and the largest number of homes without power in his tenure as Village Manager.
Village teams have been hard at work picking up branches and clearing roads, but officials at Scarsdale Village Hall can do little to get service from Con Ed crews. As of Monday at noon, almost 48 hours after the onset of the storm, no repair crews are in the Village.
In other Village news, there will be no trick or treating tonight. As there are still live wires on the ground, it is not recommended that children trick or treat tonight. The Village has not set a new date to celebrate Halloween. In an email from Mayor Flisser, she recommends that you “keep children safe by rescheduling this evening’s activities.” She cautions against downed wires, heavy equipment and icy roads.
Where can you go to get warm? Some are hanging out at the library where there is internet service and others are staying with friends or at local hotels. Rose at Five Corners Properties at 300 Heathcote Road in the old Scarsdale Ambulance Corps Building is inviting anyone from the community to come in and use their computers, pick up a hot cup of coffee/tea, or charge their cell phone.
(Pictured above: Halloween on Sage Terrace)
