Police Report: Burglary on Kensington Road

Burglary: A Kensington Road woman reported someone broke into her house Aug. 3. She returned home to find a rear door’s glass broken and damaged to a basement wall panel. Jewelry items were reported stolen. Police are following up.

Identity theft
On July 29, a Brite Avenue caller advised police that her data was compromised in an Internet breach. She informed the major credit reporting bureaus and froze her credit cards.

On July 29, a Fox Meadow Road woman reported that a fraudulent credit card and a fraudulent Verizon account were opened in her name. She closed both accounts.

On July 30, a Leatherstocking Lane man reported that five Citibank checks in his name had been washed and cashed. The total amount of the fraudulent checks that had been cashed was $3,639.15.The checks had been mailed out of the man’s residential mailbox before being stolen.

On Aug. 1, a Kent Road woman reported receiving an email from an identity monitoring service, stating that her Social Security number had been compromised.

Trespassing
On July 30, Scarsdale Public Library staff reported that a person not allowed to enter the building was there. Police informed him, and he left.

Help
The Arizona son of a Village resident reported he was suicidal Aug. 3 Police notified Tucson, Arizona police.

On Aug. 5, a Huntington Avenue homeowner reported returning home from a trip and observing the back door open. Doorbell footage showed a mail carrier delivering mail to the rear entrance on August 2 and returning a few moments later to retrieve the mail. The homeowner advised that this individual was not the routine mail carrier, and the mail is always delivered to the front of the residence. The homeowner also advised that he observed a white SUV parked and idling on Brite Ave, however the vehicle left the area upon his arrival. Patrol conducted a check of the interior and found all to be secure and in good order. No signs of forced entry were observed. Additionally, the homeowner conducted a check of the interior and confirmed everything to be in good order.

Cars and roadways
On July 29, police notified Con Edison about fallen wires on Morris Lane.

Police received multiple calls about an abandoned white pickup truck on Madison Road July 29. It had no license plates but registration information linked it to a business in California. Police towed it to the impound lot.
Parked cars were too closed to a stop sign on Bethel Road July 30. Police asked the drivers to move the cars.

On July 31, police cleared a fallen wire from Brewster Road and asked the highway department to clear a fallen branch.

An abandoned trailer with a flat tire and one Pennsylvania license plate was found on Freightway Road Aug. 1. It had been there for several months, according to witnesses, Police arranged for it to be towed to the impound lot.

Police advised Con Edison about a fallen wire on Paddington Road Aug. 3.

Fiber optic equipment fell from a utility pole on Weaver Street Aug. 4. Police notified Verizon.

Village code
Illegally posted signs were removed from the Village right-of-way on Greenacres Avenue July 29, Fox Meadow Road and Palmer Avenue July 31, and Post Road Aug. 1 and 3. Summonses were issued when owners could be identified.

A caller reported people soliciting for money at Post and Crane roads July 31. No one was there when police arrived.

Police reminded workers on Tyler Road to not use power tools prior to 8 a.m., Aug. 1.

After neighbors complained of noise, police advised a Gatehouse Road resident to lower the volume of music Aug. 2.

After neighbors complained of noise, police advised a Heathcote Road event manager to lower the volume of music Aug. 3.

After neighbors complained of noise, police advised a Myrtledale Road event resident to lower the volume of music Aug. 3.

Animals
On Aug. 1, police picked up a loose dog from Walworth Avenue and reunited it with its owner, using information on the dog’s tag.

A Brewster Road man reported a lost dog Aug. 3. Police helped look for the dog, but no one found it while police were there.

Lost and found
A passerby found a wallet in the Village and brought it to headquarters for safekeeping July 29.

Firefighters
On July 30, firefighters were dispatched to an Innes Road house for an inside investigation of an odor of sewage in the basement. Crews determined that the basement sump pump was pumping brown odorous water into the slop sink and running intermittently. The resident stated that the sump pump typically only runs during rain storms. Per resident, the pump typically ejects to dry well but was diverted to the sink due to a compromised dry well. The resident confirmed that the water ejected matched the odor of the original complaint. The resident closed the valve to isolate the discharge to sink. Firefighters advised the resident to have the integrity of the waste stack evaluated by a plumber. Waste from the home may be entering a curtain drain and entering the sump pit. There were negative readings of combustible gases, carbon monoxide, or hydrogen sulfide.

On Aug. 31, firefighters ventilated a Secor Road house and stood by for Con Edison due to elevated levels of carbon monoxide coming from a hot water heater.

A gas odor on Depot Place was traced to a leaking stove valve in a Popham Road restaurant’s kitchen that shares a hallway with a Depot Place building. Firefighters shut gas valves at equipment and started mechanical ventilation. Heavy cooking grease was observed on the hood system, as well as electric rice cookers being powered up by extension cords as while the establishment unoccupied. Building department representatives were requested on scene to document the violations. Con Edison locked out the gas meter due to numerous violations.

Firefighters assisted EMS workers with a patient in the Village Aug. 1.

Firefighters stood by for Con Edison at the site of a gas leak on Madison Road Aug. 2.

Water from a clogged HVAC drain was leaking into a smoke detector in a Stonehouse Road house Aug. 3. Firefighters removed the smoke detector and advised the resident to service the system.

Water from sewage backup leaked into a gas detector in a Colvin Road gas detector Aug. 3. Firefighters assisted with immediate mediation and advised residents to contact a plumber.

Wires were sparking on Sprague Road Aug. 3. Con Edison was notified. Firefighters stood by until the burning subsided.

Firefighters helped a Catherine Road resident get back in the house after an accidental lockout Aug. 4.

This report covering police and fire department activity from July 29 – Aug. 4 has been compiled from official information.

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