Burglary, Thefts and Stolen Signs from the Police

Scarsdale Police: Burglars entered an Eton Road home by breaking the window on a rear door of the house on the evening of October 22nd. The house was tossed and jewelry was stolen. The house alarm was not activated at the time of the break-in.

Missing: On October 20th a Heathcote Road woman reported that a brown leather chest, containing 14 pieces of silver flatware was missing from her attic. The silverware dates from the 1960’s and is worth approximately $3,000. She last saw the box a month ago and since that time handymen and potential homebuyers have visited the house.

A purse was stolen out of a car that was parked in the Christie Place garage on the afternoon of October 24. A Whig Road woman reported that the rear driver’s side door of her Honda Pilot was unlocked, allowing the theft of her purse, which contained credit cards, keys, a blackberry and id cards.

A Ridgedale Road man reported that political signs for Democratic candidates were removed from his front lawn sometime on October 17 -18. He suspects that Republican operatives may have taken the signs. In addition, on 10/19 the same man called police to report that a car parked near his home had a swastika on it. Police checked with the owner of the car and found that the symbol was actually a Hindu symbol that denotes prosperity.

A Sharon Lane man left his bike unlocked at the Scarsdale Train Station on the morning of 10/18. When he returned at 7 pm, the bike was gone.

Harassed: On October 21 a 17 year-old girl reported that an ex-friend was harassing her, by sending derogatory messages via text, blackberry and instant messaging. Police went to the home of the girl who was sending the messages and told her mother to tell her daughter to stop the harassment.

Stranger at the Door: Police responded to a call from a Walworth Avenue home at 5 am on October 19 where an unknown man was ringing the resident’s doorbell. When police arrived they found Jose Ramos, age 61, who claimed that he was lost and trying to get home to Stevens Street in White Plains. Police called a taxi to take the man home.

A Madison Road woman locked her 15 month-old son in the car by mistake when the car was parked at the Scarsdale Library on the morning of October 19th. Police called the Heathcote Gulf station and they sent someone to unlock the car.

Reckless Driver: On October 20, A Brewster Road woman called police at 9:16 am to report a reckless driver near the school. She provided police the car model and license plate number. Police stopped the driver and warned him to slow down or he would receive a summons in the future.

Misunderstanding: An unidentified caller reported that two boys were trespassing inside a Wayside Lane home at 4:40 pm on October 22nd. Police went to the house to check and found two boys in the garage. When the boys saw the police they quickly closed the garage door and tried to go into the house. Police ordered the boys to come outside and found that one of the boys was the resident of the house, and the other two were his friends.

Coyote Watch

• On 10/18 at 3:40 pm on Deerfield Lane
• On 10/19 at 9:15 am at the Greenacres School
• On 10/19 at 1:33 pm on Reynal Crossing
• On 10/19 at 4:22 on Black Walnut Road
• On 10/20 at 1:48 pm on Carthage Road
• On 10/20 at 6:22 pm on Vanderbilt Road
• On 10/20 at 7:04 pm at Secor and Wynmor Roads
• On 10/20 at 8:00 pm on Mamaroneck Road at Foxhall Place
• On 10/21 at 2:18 pm at Sheldrake and Mamaroneck Roads
• On 10/21 at 2:55 pm on Wheelock and Brookby Roads
• On 10/21 at 3:41 pm at Foxhall and Secor Roads
• On 10/21 at 4:11 pm in the yard of a Foxhall Road home
• On 10/21 at 10 pm on Sprague and Lyons Road
• On 10/23 at 1:25 pm at Ardmore and Carthage Roads
• On 1024 at 8:54 am at Penn Boulevard and Franklin Road

Greenburgh Police – In Hartsdale a Columbia Road woman reported that an unknown man entered her place of business on October 18 at 5 pm and asked if he could scan the premises with a metal detector because it was his hobby. She replied, “absolutely not” and the man left the premises.

Roommates on Maple Avenue in Hartsdale got into a nasty dispute on the night of October 18 when one roommate parked her car on the grass because the other one refused to share the driveway. The roommate who refused to share the driveway threatened to punch in the other woman’s face, kicked the room to her door and posted signs around the house to tell the complainant that she was not wanted. The complainant subsequently reported that family and friends of the roommate were posting threatening comments on her Facebook page.

Police were called when two employees in the kitchen at T.G.I. Fridays got into a fight on the morning of October 20th. Both were pulling at a kitchen utensil when it cut one man’s hand. The Manager agreed to speak to the two to work it out.

The owner of Venetian Delight on Central Avenue in Hartsdale was paid with a fraudulent check for $156.00 worth of food delivered to A White Plains address on October 3rd. Though he has tried to contact the woman who wrote the check, he has been unable to find her.

A postman was bitten in the calf by a dog when he was delivering mail to a Glenwood Road home in Scarsdale on October 21. The 6 year-old Wheaton Terrier had been vaccinated.

A 1992 BMW, parked on Clarendon Place was damaged overnight on 10/23. The windshield was shattered, the driver’s side window and mirror were broken and there was damage to a rear plastic window.