A Burglary and a Nosey News Crew from the Scarsdale Police

There was a burglary at a Windmill Road home sometime between September 24 at 6:45 pm and 9/25 at 1 pm. The homeowners were away and their 13 year-old daughter was staying with neighbors. When the daughter went to the house the following day she found that someone had gotten into the house through a rear window. The suspects went upstairs to the master bedroom forced open a locked closet door and removed an unknown quantity of jewelry. A second locked closet was also forced open and more jewelry was stolen. A dresser was rummaged through and jewelry was taken from there as well. On the first floor the vandals broken into a china cabinet and left an open cigar box on the floor. They left through a sliding glass door in the dining room.

An employee of La Rennaissance Bakery in Scarsdale said his wallet was stolen while he was at work on September 19. The wallet was in a book bag in the office basement of the bakery and contained $200 and three credit cards.

Arrest: Police stopped a White Plains driver on Walworth Avenue at 5:45 pm on September 19 because they noticed that the Honda Accord he was driving only had a rear license pate. When they checked the plate number, they found it was registered for a 1988 Mazda. The registration sticker on the car was also expired.

The driver of the car identified himself as Mikeel D. Miller age 22 of White Plains, but had no identification on him. He claimed he had just purchased the car and had a title but no other paperwork. In addition, police found that Miller’s driver’s license was suspended for failure to answer a summons from White Plains police.

Police had the man’s car towed and impounded. Miller and his passenger were taken to police headquarters where Miller was charged with driving without a license, driving an uninspected and unregistered vehicle, operating a car without insurance and driving with unregistered plates.

Accident: A Crossway man hit a small deer that ran in front of his car when he was driving on Heathcote Road around 7 pm on 9/23.

Media Alert: The Scarsdale Fire Department called police on the afternoon of 9/23 when a news crew from Channel 5 was interfering with the fire department’s work at the house. The news crew was inside the house and had disregarded a fire department order to stay outside. Water had flooded the basement of a Forest Lane home and Con Edison was working in the area to shut off the power. Whe police arrived, the news crew was packing up.

Fraud: A 26 year-old Crest Lane man was the victim of fraud when he applied for a teaching job in the U.K. He received a contract for a teaching job in Manchester England around September 1 and was instructed to place 800 pounds in a Western Union account. He was told that he needed to forward the funds so that he would not be a liability when he arrived for the job. He later learned that the funds had been removed from his account in Liverpool by an unknown party and advised Western Union of the fraud.

Unwanted Phone Calls: On 9/22 a Popham Road woman reported that she had received two prank calls claiming that she was under investigation for fraud and other offences and requesting that she sign an affadavit. The second caller said she would be arrested. The callers had heavy foreign accents.

On 9/21, a 42 year-old Secor Road woman reported that she is receiving repeated unwanted phone calls from an ex-boyfriend who wants to get back together with her. She said that they broke up in June, he continued to call her in July and August and continues to bother her.