Suspicious Man at Greenacres and Incidents from Around the County

Suspicious Man at Greenacres Park: Police are monitoring the playground and area around Greenacres School after the recreation department camp director at the school reported that a suspicious man had been hanging around the playground on Friday July 10th. The director of Camp Sagamore, which is run at Greenacres, said that a Hispanic male, age 50's had been observed near the playground. He was told that the schoolyard is closed to the public and exclusively for camp use and was asked to leave. He complied but then returned later in the day. He was wearing a suit jacket, t-shirt, baseball cap and glasses and was making the counselors nervous. The director told police where the man went and they searched for him but were unable to find him. A dog walker told police that the same man had been walking around the area for the past few weeks. Police will continue to ride-by the school.

Retired Police Office Shot in Elmsford: Peter Schmidt, a highly respected and well liked retired officer is reported to be in stable condition after he was shot on Monday July 13th in Elmsford. At 3:45 pm on Monday, Schmidt confronted apparent burglars as the were walking out of an unoccupied house at 5 Payne Street in Elmsford. After a brief discussion, one of the subjects shot Schmidt twice, once in the arm and once in the torso. Schmidt's son, an active Greenburgh Police Officer (off-duty at the time) ran to the scene and observed the suspects leaving the scene in a blue BMW. Officer Schmidt immediately relayed this information and the license plate number to the Greenburgh Police. Within minutes, the City of Yonkers Police Department advised that they had the vehicle stopped on the Sprain Brook Parkway in the area of the Cross County Parkway. The subjects were positively identified and placed under arrest. Taqiy A. Walton, age 34 of Elmsford and Adam R. Larregue, age 21 of Elmsford were both charged with murder in the second degree.

Three Charged with Manslaughter in Mt. Kisco: Three suspects have been charged with first degree manslaughter for beating a homeless man to death on July 4th weekend in Mt. Kisco.

Mario Coronado-Depaz, 39, Milton Ventura, 35, and Freddy Coronado-Mendez, 34, all of Mount Kisco, are accused of causing the death of Jose Sanchez, 53, during a fight in a wooded area off Lieto Drive in Mt. Kisco on Saturday July 4th. Sanchez' body was discovered Sunday night July 5th by a relative who alerted police. His body was found in a wooded area near the Metro-North tracks that is used as a squatter's camp.

An autopsy conducted by the Westchester Medical Examiner's Office determined that Sanchez died of injuries caused by blunt force trauma. Police have recovered a piece of wood that may have ben used as a weapon. Sanchez, a native of Honduras, worked as a landscaper and had no permanent address.

The first suspect who was charged, Coronado-Mendez, left the area by train and was tracked by Westchester County detectives to Harrison, N.J., where he was taken into custody on Monday July 6th. He is being held at the Hudson County Jail.

It is believed he was attempting to arrange to leave the area, Proceedings will be held to extradite him back to New York.