Harassment, Misunderstandings and Noise from the Scarsdale Police

An Edgewood woman reported that her exhusband had gained access to her computer files. Though she changed her password, the man changed it back to the original one. He gained access to her legal documents and she wished to press charges against him for unauthorized use.

In the latest round of a continuing dispute between the owner of the Citgo station on Scarsdale Avenue and an ex-employee, the station owner reported receiving a threatening phone call. The ex-employee said, “I haven’t forgotten about the money. I’m going to take care of it and take care of you, so you better watch out.” Police intervened and asked the ex-employee to stop threatening the station owner and pursue the matter through legal channels.

Cyclist Hit: A cyclist was hit on the afternoon of August 6th as he made a left turn from Olmstead Road onto the Post Road.  A car turning from Post Road onto Olmstead clipped the biker's wheel, causing him to fall off the bike.  The biker had cuts on both knees but refused medical attention.

Noise: Police dispersed a crowd of youths from the Edgewood School parking lot at 11 pm on August 2nd, after they received a report from a man who resides near the school. At 11 pm on August 6th police were called about noisy kids at Greenacres School. Police found kids in a parked car and asked them to leave the area. The following night, around 10:30 pm, about 40 kids were asked to leave the area around the Greenacres School.

Bradford Road residents were asked to turn down the music at a party they were having on August 7 at 10:30. Minutes later police received a similar call about a party on Sheldrake Road and asked the homeowner and DG to turn down the volume.

Confusion: On August 3rd a Palmer Road woman reported that a disheveled looking man came to her door and claimed he was from Con Edison and that he needed to turn off her gas. She called Con Edison who told her that no service was scheduled for her gas line. However on the morning of August 5th, police observed the same man working on Palmer Avenue. Turns out that he was a subcontractor, hired by Con Edison, to replace the gas line on Palmer Avenue.

In a similar incident on August 6, a Tompkins Road man said that two men who claimed to be from UPS were at his door. The men were working as subcontractors for UPS to clean up an antifreeze leak reported by UPS. The spill was found in front of a neighboring home and the contractors cleaned it up.

A Wildwood Road man called police at 5:30 on 8/8 when he saw two kids with guns at the Quaker Ridge School. He believed they were playing with BB guns. Police investigated and found the guns and the boys. The guns turned out to be toys and police asked the boys to stay on their own property as not to scare anyone.

An Edgewood woman called police when she believed her nephew was being attacked on August 5th. She heard loud voices on a voicemail had had left her. However, when police got in touch with the nephew it turned out that he was just hanging out with some loud friends.

Lost: A Cross River dad contacted Scarsdale Police to look for his daughter who was late returning home. The man thought his daughter might be with a friend who lives on Brite Avenue and asked police to locate her. Police found the girl at her friend’s house, where she had fallen asleep and forgotten to call home.

A Black Birch Road woman came to headquarters to report that her Tiffany wedding ring, valued at $4,500 was missing from her home. She had last seen it on July 8th and does not suspect anyone of stealing it.

Found: Police found a small glassine bag of a substance that appeared to be marijuana on Garth Road on the evening of August 6th. In addition, a Briarcliff woman found a wallet containing money, a debit card, a driver’s license, a student id, metro card, and an insurance card on Garth Road around noon on August 4th. She turned it over to police who were able to locate the wallet’s owner.

A black Prada wallet was found on a Metro North train at 10 pm on August 4th. The wallet was turned over to Scarsdale police, who located the wallet’s owner in Bronxville.

Animals: A Mamaroneck Road resident called police when she found an aggressive raccoon near her home. Police investigated and found an entire nest of raccoons and told the woman to contact a trapper.

Another raccoon was found underneath a car parked at the Shell Station on Scarsdale Avenue. The animal would not move or walk so police advised the station manager to call a trapper.

A smoking transformer brought police, the fire department and Con Edison to 16 Paddington Road on the morning of August 4th.

Damage: a school bus owned by All County Bus of Yonkers damaged stonework at a Franklin Road home on 8/6. The driver left the scene without reporting the incident.

A neighbor reported that a rear window of a Franklin Road home was broken and that the homeowners were away. Police found a second floor window with a large hole in the middle and broken glass in the yard beneath the window. There was no evidence that the house had been entered and police were not able to figure out what broke the window.

Theft: A Brite Avenue woman reported that her Garmin Nuvi navigation system had been stolen from her car on May 1, when the car was parked near the train station in the Village of Scarsdale.

A Saxon Woods Road man requested that his wife and mother-in-law return personal documents that they had removed from his home. The women have an order of protection against the man so he asked police to contact them in regards to the paperwork.

Help: A Hillview Road woman fell out of her wheelchair and called police for assistance on the afternoon of August 5th. SVAC arrived and helped her up.