A Stranger in a Scarsdale Basement and A Death in Hartsdale

This just in from the Greenburg Police Department: On Tuesday night (10/19) at 10:30 pm, a Hartsdale woman returned to her Keats Avenue home and found her husband, Thomas J. Hill dead in the backyard.  According to information released by the Town of Greenburgh Police Department, it appears that the 54-year-old man shot himself, but an autopsy is being done to determine the cause of death.

Intruder: On the afternoon of October 15 the owner of Chopstix Restaurant on Garth Road found a stranger in the basement of the restaurant. The intruder claimed that he was dropped off in the area and was looking for a doctor’s office. As Chopstix in no way resembles a doctor’s office, police were suspicious and searched the man who had no weapons and had not taken anything from the basement. He was identified as Anthony Lindsey of Mt Vernon and a check of his identification revealed no outstanding warrants though the man admitted that he was on parole for an offense committed outside of New York State. As there was no reason to detain him, he was released.

Car break-in: Swarthmore Road residents returned from a trip overseas and found that their car had been vandalized in their absence. The driver’s side window was broken and a GPS was taken from the 2006 Suzuki which was parked in front of the house. The incident occurred on October 9th.

Threats: On October 16th a 19 year-old Brambach Road girl complained of receiving threatening text message and disturbing voice mails from an ex-boyfriend. The girl blocked the man’s phone number from her cell phone and blocked his user name on Facebook.

Stranger at the Door: On October 13 a man came to the door of a Fox Meadow road home with an unlabeled package and asked the homeowner to identify herself, claiming that he had a package for her. When she refused and told him she was going to call the police, a woman came to the door with the same package. The woman also refused to identify herself and left the package at the door. The homeowner told police she would ask her husband what might be in the box before opening it.

Gone: An Apple iPhone was reported stolen from the locker of a Scarsdale Middle School student on October 13th.

Lockwood Road residents reported that a package delivered to their home by UPS on October 14 was stolen. The package contained a drum pad valued at $30.

Rowdy Teens: At 9:30, an employee of Starbucks in Scarsdale Village called to say that about 15 teenagers were roughhousing on the footbridge above the tracks at Scarsdale Train Station. Police sent the kids on their way.

Loud kids were reported at George Field at 11 pm on 10/16. Police arrived and the kids dispersed.

Just before midnight, police received a report that some kids had placed a large rock in the road at the intersection of Walworth and Greenacres Avenues. Police went to the scene and removed the rock.

Disputes: At 9:50 am on 10/17, a Cooper Road man called police to ask for help in getting his wife to drop off the children at his house, per their custody agreement. A court officer arrived, the children were turned over to the father and the mother left the scene.

On Sunday afternoon, a Scarsdale man called police concerning dogs that were running around the high school tennis courts. Since dogs are not allowed to run on school grounds, he asked the dogs owners to take them away. The owners of the dogs became verbally abusive and aggressive and refused to comply. When police arrived they issued one of the men, Philip Taddeo of Yonkers, a summons for violating a local ordinance. Police also found that Taddeo had a suspended license so they instruction his companion to take him home.

Drunk: Eastchester Police found a drunk Scarsdale woman in their jurisdiction at 6 pm on Sunday and drove her back to her home on Edgewood Road. Her husband was home and escorted her inside.

A man called police at 10:20 pm on 10/16 to say that he lost his wallet somewhere between Scarsdale and White Plains. It was determined that the man was drunk and did not know where he lost his wallet, but asked the police to keep his number in case someone turned it in.

A moving truck struck a tree on Garth Road on the afternoon of 10/14 and took down a large branch.

Coyote Watch

• Myrtledale Road at 9:45 am on 10/12
• Dell Road at 4:07 pm on 10/12
• Wynmor Road at 9:56 am on 10/14
• In the backyard of a Marjory Lane home at 10:32 am on 10/14
• In the backyard of an Oneida Road home at 10:57 am on 10/14
• In the driveway of a Myrtledale Road home at 3:30 pm on 10/14
• At Franklin and Harvest Road at 4:11 pm on 10/14
• On Carthage Road at 6:43 pm on 10/14
• On Oakstwain Road at 7:025 am on 10/15
• On Kingston Road at 7:19 am on 10/15
• At the Greenacres School at 8:03 am on 10/15
• On Gorham Court at 12:28 pm on 10/15 going toward Maple Swamp
• A coyote with an injured leg on Eastwoods Lane at 3 pm on 10/17