Hate Mail, Broken Glass, and Noise from the Police
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Scarsdale Police Report: Anti-Semitic Missive: Ellen Plum Rosenberg, the President of Scarsdale Synagogue Tremont Temple Emanuel received a 10 page anti-Semitic letter. The letter included handwritten content, copies of articles dating back to 2005 and Biblical verses. Some of the text was unintelligible. The letter contained no threats to the recipient, her family or the temple but contained very strong anti-Semitic opinions. There was no return on the envelope but there was a PO Box number written on page 2. Four other people in Scarsdale have received similar letters and the police are taking the matter very seriously. They are conducting an investigation and have contacted the Westchester County District Attorney’s Bias Unit.
Loud Crash: South Church Lane residents were awoken by a loud crash at 4:30 am on June 17. They found that their front glass storm door was shattered. They did not know who or what was responsible and nothing appeared to have been thrown through the glass.
Egged: Eggs were thrown at a Penn Boulevard home around midnight on 6/19. Though there was no damage, one of the eggs went through the screen and dripped into the interior of the house.
Stolen Bike: A bike belonging to a Fox Meadow woman was stolen while parked and locked on East Parkway. The black Raleigh bike was left in town on June 11, and when the owner returned on June 13 she found that her lock had been cut in half and the bike was gone.
Identity Theft: On 6/17 a Barry Road man reported unauthorized use of his Mastercard for $440 in purchases at Henry’s Wines in Jamaica, Queens, and $160 at Stop and Shop. The man believed that someone working at a gas station might have taken his Mastercard number when he used it to pay for an oil change. He cancelled the credit card.
Found: A Garth Road man’s wallet was found at the Scarsdale Middle School and turned into police on 6/17. A pair of black prescription Ray-Ban sunglasses were found at the intersection of Tompkins and Butler Roads on June 15 and turned into the police.
Garbage: A man was reported to be sifting through the garbage at Scarsdale Village Hall on June 14. The man, who was wearing a Carrier Corporation uniform was looking through empty billing envelopes. Shortly after he was observed he left the loading dock.
Lawn bags were moved into the middle of Oak and Kensington Road at 11:45 on the night of 6/19. Police moved the bags out of the street.
The nanny for two Post Road children stopped a Foxhall Road resident to ask for $10.00 for train fare on June 14. She said that her son was in an accident in Poughkeepsie. One of the children she cares for was in the back seat of the gray SUV she was driving. The Foxhall Road woman called the police who went to the Post Road home to investigate and found that the nanny was employed there. The children were fine. Police went back to the home later that night to speak with the children’s parents and explain the incident.
A Scarsdale woman called police at 8 pm on June 14 to report that she just witnessed a drug deal in Davis Park. Police found two men seated on a bench in the park smoking and talking. They did not see any evidence of criminal activity.
Police were called to a Park Road home at 11:40 pm on 6/19 to help the housekeeper clear the house of unwanted kids who had stopped by while on a scavenger hunt.
A truck was draining fluid into a catch basin at Garth Road and Freightway on June 15 at 7:20 am. Police arrived and found Dean Mucklebust of Earth Repair draining fire hydrant water from his truck into a village sewer. He was told that he needed a permit to use village hydrants and sewers and was given a warning by the Village Highway Department.
A disoriented Bell Road resident who suffers from dementia needed assistance on June 16 at 8:30 am. Police helped the woman’s caretaker to take the woman home.
George Betterton of Mount Vernon got impatient waiting for a Post Road bus to bring him home and decided to hitchhike instead. Police observed him and gave Betterton a summons for hitchhiking on the afternoon of June 16.
A 10 year-old Elm Road boy called the police on the afternoon of 6/18 when he returned home from school and found the house empty. Police attempted to contact friends and relatives but could not reach anyone. While they were making calls the boy’s mother returned.
Noise: Police received several reports of loud music coming from Fenway Golf Club on Friday night June 18th. When they went to investigate at 11 pm, the music did not seem to be too loud and were assured that the festivities were over.
Richbell Road neighbors continued to spar on 6/14 about loud music that one plays when she is outside painting and swimming. In response the woman agreed to lower the volume.
Police received a report of a loud party at Lebanon Road shortly after midnight on 6/18. The homeowner said she was having a party for her 23-year-old daughter’s birthday and had the group move inside to reduce the noise.
At 9 pm on Saturday night June 19 a large group of noisy kids were gathered on Bell Road. When police arrived, they left the area.
There was another loud party on Wayside Lane. The residents agreed to turn down the music went police went by at 10:40 pm on 6/19.
On Saturday night 6/19 a Dobbs Terrace dog was barking continuously. The barking was disturbing neighbors who called police to mediate. They could not locate the dog’s owner. While they were there, the dog’s owner returned and she was given a summons for unnecessary noise.
Greenburgh Police Report: Thefts: A Bronx woman was arrested for stealing merchandise from Rojay Party Store on June 14th. The 28 year-old woman was observed concealing merchandise in her purse by a store employee. She left the store without paying for the goods and the store manager stopped her at the exit where she demanded that the woman hand over the stolen items. The suspect gave the bag with the merchandise to the manager and left the store and attempted unsuccessfully to get into several cars. She then started to walk south on Central Avenue. Store personnel called the Greenburgh Police who found a woman fitting the description driving a Nissan Maxima on Central Avenue. When she saw the police, she tried to turn down a one-way street where police stopped her. The store manager gave a positive id and she was brought to police headquarters where she was booked, processed and released on bail. Her car was towed and impounded.
An employee of Best Buy, Anton Foster of the Bronx, used a Scarsdale man’s credit card number to purchase a 46 inch Samsung television, valued at $1,342.18 on 6/17. Another employee saw Foster put the stolen TV in his sister’s car. The store manager confronted Foster a few days later, and Foster admitted that he stole the television. He was placed under arrest and taken to the Greenburgh Police where he was booked, processed and released.
Jonathan Kho, age 17, of Westminster Road, Scarsdale had his skateboard stolen when he left it outside a Central Avenue store on 6/20. He went inside to make some purchases and when he came out he saw a black male pick up his skateboard, get into a car and drive down Central Avenue.
Car Break-ins: A purse was stolen from a 2001 Toyota Highlander parked in a Central Avenue parking lot on the evening of 6/15. The owner of the car left her purse in the vehicle while she went to the gym. When she returned to the car an hour later she found the passenger side window of the car had been broken. Missing was her purse, that contained credit cars, id cards and $290 in cash.
On Thursday 6/17 a 2010 Honda Civic parked at 825 South Central Avenue was vandalized. The driver’s side window was broken and the vandals stole the GPS device and it’s bracket from the car.
On the afternoon of June 17, the rear passenger window and the rear driver’s side window of a 1997 Subaru Impreza were shattered while it was parked on Central Park Avenue.
Fights, Feuds, Car Thefts and a Missing Playstation from the Scarsdale Police
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More thefts from cars, a drunk driver, vandalism and feuds marked this past week in Scarsdale.: A young lady from New Jersey who was attending a party on Kelwynne Road on Saturday returned to her car at 7:15 pm and found that the passenger side window was shattered. Her wallet, containing her license, high school i.d. and $50 as well as her house key had been taken.
A car parked in an Olmstead Road driveway was entered during the night of 6/8-6/9. The owners found the trunk open and two pairs of Chanel sunglasses and a Canon camera had been taken from the car.
A Magellan GPS unit was taken from a Toyota Sienna parked at a Farley Road home sometime between 6/1 and 6/5. There was no damage to the car.
A cell phone, valued at $500, was stolen from the Teen Center on Scarsdale Avenue on the night of June 10th. The phone belonged to a Garth Road boy who had left the phone at the front desk as security when he borrowed a video game at the Center. When he came back to return the game, his phone was gone.
Drunk Driver: Police stopped a 2004 Mercedes driven by a Connecticut woman at Wildwood and Secor Roads at 10 pm on 6/13 when the car was drifting into the oncoming lane. Police noticed a strong smell of liquor on the defendant’s breath and asked the driver if she had been drinking. The driver, who was identified as Ruth Kukat of Riverside, CT, claimed that she had three glasses of wine five hours earlier. The officer administered sobriety tests and the woman failed to recite the alphabet from the letter F to the letter M. She was asked to get out of her car and walked unsteadily. An alco-sensor test detected alcohol on her breath and Ms. Kukat was handcuffed and taken to the police station for booking. She was given an appearance ticket and released to a friend.
Vandalism: The Ginsburg Development Corporation sales office at the corner of Chase Road and Christie Place was damaged sometime between 6/2 and 6/11. Two rocks had been thrown through the windows of the glass doors and a chain fence had been torn up. The words “GDC Sucks” were painted in white on the fence. Construction forman Scott Haven suspected that the incident may have been related to an ongoing dispute GDC is having with residents of the Chateaux Apartments.
A large block of cement was thrown through the rear window of a 2001 Hyundai parked on Clarence Road during the night of 6/8-6/9. The rear window was shattered and the front dashboard was damaged.
Nelson Road residents found that someone had painted numbers, from 1 to 25 on their stone walkway. The numbering could not be removed with a cleanser.
The blue and white recycle garbage can at Correll Park was spraypainted with the letters RAWS. The report was made on 6/12.
Fraud: On 6/8 John Smullen of Tunstall Road reported that he had been the victim of fraud. Someone deposited a check for $5,470 made out to him in a Chase Branch in Shelton, Ct. The person then withdrew $3,400 from the same account showing Smullen’s driver’s license as identification. However the deposit turned out to be fraudulent and Chase billed Smullen for $5,470 for uncollected funds.
Harrassed: A 25 year-old Corell Road woman reported that her ex-boyfriend was sending her threatening text messages and emails. In one of the messages, the boyfriend threatened to hurt her if he saw her. Rather than take legal action, the woman wished to work it out with the mother of the ex-boyfriend.
Montrose Road residents came to Police to report receipt of a disturbing 10 page letter . The contents of the letter were not released.
A resident of Search for Change at 1241 Post Road reported that she is being harassed by Sal DiGregorio of Harrison. She shares a taxi with the man enroute to drug treatment every week and also gave him a cat. DiGregorio has been calling her mother’s home repeatedly and texting her about the cat. Police recommended that the woman stop sharing cabs with DiGregorio.
Arrests: Michael Nunez of Suffern was turned over to Scarsdale Police by Rockland Police on June 9th. Nunez had an active warrant in Scarsdale for going through a red light.
Oscar Puma of Yonkers was also turned over to Scarsdale Police on June 9 to be booked for an outstanding bench warrant dating back to September 2009.
Disappointed: A Lockwood Road boy called police on Tuesday night 6/8 when he was not able to find his Sony Playstation and suspected that his mother had hidden it from him. His mother is currently convalescing in the hospital. The boy’s older brother was also at home and tried to explain to his younger brother that he should not have called the police. Since the boy was so upset, the Sargeant offered to take him out for ice cream in the village to help him forget about his video game.
Feud: Neighbors at Colonial and Mayflower Roads continued to fight about tree removal. One neighbor was unhappy that branches that extended over her neighbor’s property line were being pruned. The residents were advised to call Village Hall to clarify the law and settle their differences.
Dog fights: A Coralyn Road woman called to complain that her dog had been bitten by dogs owned by the Dorfs of Vernon Road. The Dorfs provided the vaccination and license information for her dogs and agreed to pay all costs associated with the attack.
Police received a noise complaint on Richbell Road and found Mrs. Frankel of 17 Richbell Road listening to the news from her car radio as she was painting a picture outside. Police advised her of the complaint.
Found: A brown wallet belonging to a Cos Cob man was found on Chase Road at Christie Place on the afternoon of 6/11 and turned over to Scarsdale police.
A gray Anza bicycle was found in front of 261 Nelson Road on June 12. The bicycle was tagged and left with police for safekeeping.
Man Hunt, Scam and Smashed Mailboxes from the Police
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Missing Young Man: At 3:30 am on the morning of June 6th a concerned Fox Meadow mother called police to say that her 20 year-old son, Andrew R. Ehrlich was missing. He was last seen at 37 Innes Road and police learned from the boy’s friends that they had already been searching for him for an hour. Police searched Innes Road, the Heathcote School, Wynmoor Park, the Heathcote bypass, St. Pious Church, Correll Park, Franklin Road and Sycamore Roads. Ehrlich, a student at Lafayette College, had been at a party on Franklin Road near midnight on 6/5 and was said to be highly intoxicated. He had originally planned to sleep at 37 Innes Road but left there and could not be found.
Scarsdale police called the Fire Department to help and they used a thermo-scanner in the search. Police also notified the Westchester County police who sent a canine officer to assist. As part of the effort, Police called Verizon and they traced Ehrlich’s cell phone signal and said it was near 37 Innes Road. His last phone call had been made at 1 am to Gianni Dematteo of 56 Secor Road. Police went to the Secor Road home and found Ehrlich asleep at his friend’s house at 6 am, nearly three hours after they had begun their search. Ehrlich was taken home to Kensington Road by the Scarsdale Police and released to his parents.
Vandalism: Seven mailboxes on Bradford Road were smashed and knocked off their support posts between 11:30 pm on 6/5 and 1:30 am on 6/6. Residents at 20, 21, 22, 25, 28 31 and 40 Bradford Road sustained damage to their mailboxes during the spree. There were reports of noisy kids in the area at that time but no suspects were found.
Duped: Anthony Scarcella, age 80 of Barker Lane was the victim of a scam that cost him $2,965.00 on June 1st. He received a call from a girl who identified herself as his 18 year-old granddaughter. She claimed that she was driving in Canada with two other girls where they was stopped by the police and drugs were found in the car. Furthermore, she was administered a drug test that yielded negative results but she needed money to hire a lawyer. Then another woman, who identified herself as Barbara Johnson, a police officer, got on the line and told Mr. Scarcella that “if he didn’t send the money his granddaughter would go to jail and have a record.” She said the money would need to be sent to Spain to avoid taxes. Scarcella was advised to send a wire transfer for $2,965 to Helen Massuci, 177 Gardo Road, Valenzia, Spain and he went to the Western Union at the A&P on Quaker Ridge Road in New Rochelle to send it. Copies of the receipt were given to the police.
Mr. Scarcella later learned that his granddaughter had been in Poland, not Canada, for the past two weeks and was due to return home that day. Police spoke to the granddaughter who had no information about the scam.
Cars Entered: Thieves entered three more unlocked cars and stole what they found this week. At 31 Brite Avenue, a 2004 Toyota was entered overnight from 6/3-6/4 and the owner lost her camera, blackberry, credit cards and identification cards. That same night a BMW and a Toyota parked at 42 Huntington Road were entered and cash and coins were taken. On the night of 6/1-6/2, a car parked at 45 Walworth was entered and the victim’s wallet containing $350 in cash, credit cards and a Metro North monthly pass was taken.
Burglary Attempt: An Oak Way woman reported damage to her front door on the morning of 6/1 that may have been the result of an attempted burglary. There was damage to the paint and the metal frame around the door lock. No one heard or saw anything suspicious.
Forged Checks: A Cushman Road woman found that someone had used her personal checks to make $7,890 in payments to Mercedes Benz, NYS Income Tax and the North Country Trails Association. She reported the incident to police on 6/5. She spoke to her Chase branch manager who refused to identify the forger but said he had an account at the branch. The forger had $4,756 in missing funds deposited into the victim’s account and said that the balance of the stolen funds would be deposited by Monday. The bank manager did not explain what had happened and Police advised the victim to close her account.
Graffiti: At 4 am on 6/4 police were called to Rodney Road due to a noise complaint. While searching the area they found some kids making graffiti in the road.. The suspects feld but left behind a can of red spray paint and graffiti on the pavement and on a garbage can on Jefferson Road. Pictured were a Star of David and a BBC tag that is similar to the “Big Bag Crew” tag found a few years ago.
A woman who lives near the corner of Mamaroneck and Palmer Roads found a small piece of paper in her flower bed that said “KILL JEWS” on the morning of June 1. The note was written on the back of a receipt but there was no company name on the paper. The woman was concerned for her safety and reported the incident to the police.
Arrest: Matthew McIntosh of Old Greenwich was stopped by police while driving a green Landrover on Heathcote Road on the morning of June 3rd. He had been speaking on a cell phone. McIntosh had no driver’s license and a check of his record showed that his driving privileges had been suspended twice for failures to answer two summons’ in North Salem and Amenia, N.Y. The license plates on the car were registered for another vehicle and he admitted that he had removed the plates from a Ford and put them on his Landrover. He also had no proof of ownership of the car. His car was impounded and towed and McIntosh was issued summons’ for cell phone use, improper use of plates and a broken windshield.
Animals: Marta Murphy who walks the dog for Cooper Road residents came to police to report an incident that occurred on the afternoon of 6/3. She was walking the homeowner’s Black Labrador puppy at 28 Cooper she two large Golden Retrievers charged toward her and the puppy. While trying to flee into the house with the puppy she fell and scraped her leg. A woman from 29 Cooper came and took control of the golden retrievers. She said she was visiting 29 Cooper with her dogs for a play date and did not give any further information. She did not offer to assist Ms. Murphy.
Police received a call about an opossum at the playground at the Girl Scout House. They found the animal that appeared to be fine and relocated it to a wooded area on the morning of June 2nd.
A dog was found at the intersection of Bradley and Locust Roads on the afternoon of June1. Police assisted in locating the dog’s owner and bringing the dog home.
A dog broke free from its leash on Mamaroneck Road on Sunday 6/6, in reaction to a bicyclist. Unfortunately, the Bijan Frise ran into Mamaroneck Road where it was struck and killed by a Mazda driven by a woman from Granite Springs, New York.
Neighbors at Colonial Road and Mayflower Road were engaged in a dispute about tree pruning on June 5. Police advised them to resolve their differences via the building department.
A caller advised police that Chat American Grill had placed tables on the sidewalk of Christie Place in violation of Village code at noon on 6/6. Police spoke to the restaurant manager who was unaware of the rules and agreed to move the tables back inside.
A Puritan Road man reported that his ex-wife failed to drop off his daughter for visitation on the afternoon of June 1st
A Bronxville woman needed assistance at the corner of Popham and Garth Road at 7:30 on June 2nd. When police arrived the woman said that she felt sick from a few drinks and agreed to take a cab home.
Car Trouble: A Brookfield Road resident who had been instructed not to drive due to a medical condition attempted to take out his car around noon on 6/4. Police were called to stop him. The man’s cardiologist was called on the phone and the doctor concurred that the man could become faint or impaired without warning. The man agreed to permit his driver to drive for the day.
A driver exiting the DeCicco’s lot on the afternoon of 6/3 hit the curb, confused the brake with the accelerator and ran into a car traveling east on Christie Place. The driver was indentified as Shirley Ruckhaus, age 82 of Garth Road. No injuries were reported.
Anthony Postiglione of Vernon Drive, Scarsdale was driving a 2009 Nissan at 11 PM on Tuesday 6/1 eastbound on Heathcote Road when he drove off the roadway, hit a telephone pole and several trees and came to a stop in the opposite direction. The driver left the scene but was later taken to White Plains Hospital for treatment.
Prom 2010 at Scarsdale High School
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Rainy skies cleared for the red carpet celebration for Prom 2010 on Thursday June 10th at Scarsdale High School. Students were a sight to behold in flowing gowns and tuxedos as they strutted their stuff down the red carpet to the bus. For the girs, it was a day of primping at hair, nail and make-up appointments. Dressed to the nines, many attended pre-prom parties at local homes before the 4 pm gathering at the high school where countless photos were taken. Students, families and friends then convened at the high school to take more photos and view prom goers before they made the trip to Trump National Country Club in Briarcliff for the prom. Take a look at Scarsdale's Class of 2010!
Hundreds of Gallons of Oil Spill into the Bronx River
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In our own local version of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, a spill from a White Plains building has dumped hundreds of gallons of heating oil into the Bronx River near the White Plains station. The spill began either Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning June 2nd and was reported by a Scarsdale jogger who smelled the oil and called the authorities. As the oil travelled downstream, Greenacres residents could smell it from their homes. Police, firemen, a hazardous material team, and the health department all converged on the scene in an effort to find the source of the spill. They opened manholes and storm drains in their quest to find the source, which they did, but not before hundreds of gallons of oil spilled into the river. The oil was emanating from the basement of an apartment building at 235 South Lexington Avenue and flowed through a storm drain into the river. Workers were able to stop the stream at 12:30 pm. Private contractors were hired to vacuum off the slick and booms were set up from White Plains to Mount Vernon to capture the oil. However, with that quantity of oil, the effects can be seen and smelled.
In the words of Scarsdale runner Andrea Seiden who saw the spill early Wednesday morning, “I woke-up around 6:00 AM and smelled gasoline in my backyard (which is at least a 1/2 mile from the Bronx River). Initially, I thought it had to be due to the heavy rain yesterday and run-off. Around 8:00 AM, I was jogging on the Bronx River path toward White Plains and saw many police and a healthcare worker poking around the river. They informed me that there was indeed an oil leak. The smell was very strong, the water color brownish and the geese were smart enough not to wade in the waters.”
The State Department of Environmental Conservation estimates that three to four miles of the river will be affected. Booms have been set up behind the County Tennis Courts where the water is tea colored and covered in a slick. Take a walk down and you will be sure to catch a whiff.
