Drunks, Busts and Abuse - From the Police

The natives were restless in both Scarsdale and Greenburgh this past week. In Scarsdale, teens and adults ran afoul of the law, with a drug bust, a DWI and the arrest of a Quaker Ridge man who menaced his wife.

Drunk: On the evening of August 28, Jacqueline Andres-Gopstein of Madison Road was arrested for drunk driving. When police stopped her, she was found with a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and refused to take a Breathalyzer test. She failed the standard field sobriety tests and was arrested and released, pending an appearance in court.

A concerned boyfriend prevented his inebriated girlfriend from driving around 10 pm on August 23rd. To prevent her from taking out her car, he blocked the driveway with his car and called the police. The officer spoke to the girl who voluntarily gave up her car keys to her mother. As an extra precaution the boyfriend disconnected the car’s battery.

At 4 am on 8/29 an 18 year-old Briarcliff Manor girl was stopped by police at the intersection of Post and Popham Roads when she went through a red light without stopping. While pulling over, she drove the car over the curb. She told police that she was lost and needed to find the Taconic Parkway to return home. Police detected alcohol on her breath and asked her to get out of the car for a sobriety test which she failed. She was placed under arrest for DWI and taken to headquarters where she was found to have a blood alcohol content of .19. She was arrested for going through a red light, driving without a license, and driving while intoxicated.

Abuse: On August 25th, A 40 year-old Quaker Ridge man was arrested for menacing his wife. He had allegedly threatened her with physical violence and was verbally and physically abusive. He appeared in court and Judge Galloway issued a temporary order of protection for his wife.

Up in flames: Park Road residents found a roll of toilet paper in flames at their front door around 10 pm on August 23rd. They were able to extinguish the fire and no damage was done. They had not heard anyone on the property and had no idea who would have done the deed.

Egged: Kent Road residents returned from vacation on 8/23 to find that the front window of their home had been egged in their absence.

Busted: Police received a report of a parked SUV on Oak Way at 11 pm on August 23rd. They found a 2005 Toyota 4 Runner and when they spoke to the 18 year-old driver they noticed the smell of marijuana in the car. They asked the driver to get out of the car and then spoke to another passenger in the back who admitted that he had marijuana and produced a large glass jar of it from under the front passenger seat. The 19 year-old passenger was arrested and placed in the cruiser. Police then spoke to the other two boys in the car, and both admitted to smoking pot. Police called their parents and the parent of the driver and they were released.

The boy who admitted to having the marijuana was taken to police headquarters, placed in the holding cell and read his Miranda rights. He was found to be carrying a fraudulent driver’s license. Police weighed the marijuana and there was 28 grams. He was arrested for possession of a forged instrument and possession of marijuana. The boy was arraigned by Judge Galloway at 3 am on 8/24 and released with a scheduled court appearance for August 25.

Missing: A Chesterfield Road girl reported that her Mac laptop was taken from her second floor bedroom on August 24th. There were no signs of forced entry to the house and nothing else was missing.

Copper flashing valued at $1,150 was reported missing from a construction site at 234 Mamaroneck Road on August 29th.

A 19 year-old Scarsdale girl did a friend a favor and gave him $440 in exchange for a personal check made out to her from him uncle’s account. After she gave the friend the funds, the bank informed her that the check had been issued from a closed account. Her friend said he would return the money, but failed to do so.

Found: A paper shopping bag from the store Black and White was found on the walkway above the Scarsdale Train Station on the morning of August 24th. The bag contained several children’s sized items with the Quaker Ridge logo and other items in plastic bags.

Animals: On the morning of 8/23, Walworth Road residents called police when they found a sick raccoon on their lawn. Police shot the animal and the highway department removed it.

At 9 pm on August 25 police were called about an injured owl on the grounds of the Middle School. When they arrived, they determined that the animal was a red tail hawk, which appeared to be sick or injured. Police called the New Rochelle Humane society who sent a wildlife rehabilitator to secure the hawk.

Also on the night of August 25th, an injured and abandoned dog was found, tied to a street light pole at the corner of Church Lane and Crane Road. The New Rochelle Humane Society was called again to retrieve the dog.

Police freed a black crow, stuck inside a cage at the Greenacres School on August 29th.

Public urination: An unknown caller reported that a construction worker was urinating at the corner of Oxford and Post Roads on the afternoon of 8/24. Though police did not observe anyone urinating, they spoke to the workers and advised them not to pee in public.

A woman called police on the afternoon of 8/27 to say that she saw a little boy peeing behind a tree in Davis Park. She called out to the boy’s father who got upset with the woman for scaring his five year-old son. Police mediated and recommended that the woman call the Recreation Department to see if they could provide a port-a-potty for the park.

Misunderstandings: A Brooklyn man came to Scarsdale to collect some money he claimed was owed to him. He knocked on the door of 79 Penn Boulevard but realized he had the wrong address. He returned to his car and found that he had locked the keys inside it. Using a hanger, he attempted to break into his own car. The resident at 79 Penn Boulevard called police to report that a man had come to her home accusing her of owing him money and was now breaking into a car. When police arrived, they found that the man was the rightful owner of the car and called RJT to help him open the car door.

Park Road residents called police when they saw a man carrying a flashlight and a bucket walking in their driveway at 1:47 am on 8/27. Police found out it was the milkman!

A Walworth Avenue man called police on the morning of 8/29 to say that his neighbor’s car had been running since the previous night. Police found that the owner of the car had forgotten to take out the keys and left the car on all night.

Noise: Police asked the manager at the Saxon Woods Grill to turn down the music after a complaint was received from Stonewall Lane residents around 7:45 on the evening of 8/26. The manager complied, but police received another complaint about noise from the same residents at 11 pm that night.

Greenburgh Police Report:

Fights: Michael Marom, who is in the process of building a house on Elizabeth Street in Scarsdale reported that someone removed three wooden stakes from his property on 8/25. He suspects that his neighbor may be involved, as the neighbor objects to the construction of a home on the site. On 8/28, the neighbor returned from vacation and found that her car was missing. Marom claimed that the woman’s car was parked on his property and he had it towed to Yonkers. On 8/29, an excavator was working at the house to remove some trees and one of the trees fell on the wires and caused a small fire.

White Plains residents got into a domestic dispute at 4 am on 8/23. A 19 year-old woman called police when her 33 year-old boyfriend threatened to throw her three cats outside.

Police were called when a couple got into a fight in the parking lot of Staples on Central Avenue on 8/27. Manuel Gomez, age 51 of the Bronx started yelling at his wife inside the store. She tried to leave when he struck her in the nose with his forehead causing swelling and a cut. He then pushed his wife to the ground and store managers called the police. The woman has an order of protection against her husband.

On the afternoon of 8/28 two Hartsdale residents got into an altercation while driving and they exchanged words. Robert Ford was driving a red Saab and Carlos Davis was behind the wheel of a Hummer. Ford started rummaging through his car and told Davis that “he was lucky that he was black or he would shoot and kill him.” Though he did not see a weapon, Davis called police who stopped Ford and searched his car. They did not find a weapon.

Thefts: A 37-year-old Yonkers man was arrested when he left the A&P on Knollwood Road with eight cases of beer without paying for them. Police nabbed the man in the parking lot with the stolen beer and brought him to Greenburgh Police headquarters where he was booked and released on $200 bail.

On 8/24, an employee of Verizon wireless on Central Avenue saw a customer leave the store with a Blackberry Curve in his hand. He followed the suspect outside and was able to retrieve the phone. However, he later realized that the suspect had taken a second phone that was not recovered.

On the evening of 8/24 an employee of Chef Central saw a man attempting to the leave the store with two boxes of knives. When he was confronted, the suspect dropped the boxes, ran out of the store and got into a Honda Civic. A few minutes later, a woman ran out of the store with two boxes of knives valued at $1,288.48 and got into the Honda, and the two suspects drove away. Police have the license plate number of the car and will follow-up.

A Fort Hill Road man reported that his daughter’s bicycle and helmet were stolen on 8/27. He saw a man, who he believes is the newspaper deliveryman, picking up the bike from the curb at the end of the driveway.

Busted: Police stopped a car on Mt. Joy Avenue due to a broken brake light on the afternoon of 8/24. When the driver rolled down the window of his Honda Pilot police smelled marijuana, and the driver removed a small plastic bag of it from his pocket. The driver, a 20 year-old Scarsdale boy was arrested for possession and released.

A 20 year-old Scarsdale boy reported that someone broke into his email account and sent an email out to all of his contacts claiming that he was mugged and stuck at the airport.

A Scarsdale woman reported receiving at least 50 annoying phone calls from August 1 – August 25 from a private caller. When she picks up, there is silence on the other end.

An unhappy Mahopac woman said that she had complications from dental work done by a dentist on Central Avenue in 2007. She requested her medical files on 7/26/10 and had not received the paperwork by 8/4/10. She also believes the dentist forged her signature on the medical consent form.