Teen Arrests Mar a Quiet Halloween

Five Scarsdale teenagers were arrested during the Halloween weekend for activities that had little to do with tricks or treats. A 17-year-old boy was pulled over at 2:45 am on October 31 because he had the high beams on while driving on the Post Road. Police found beer cans in the car and the boy was arrested for unlawful possession of alcohol and failure to dim his lights.

On Halloween, a 17 year-old girl dropped her license on Barry Road where someone found it and turned it over to the police. When she went to headquarters to pick it up, police determined that it was a forged Delaware license and she was arrested for possession of a forged instrument, which is a Class D felony. She was released pending a future court date.

A 17-year-old boy was pulled over on Halloween when he failed to stop at a stop sign at the corner of Boulevard and Madison Roads. The officer asked for his license, and rather than pulling out his valid license, he presented a forged New York State driver’s license by mistake. He was given a summons for going through the stop sign and charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument.

At 10:35 pm on Sunday night, a car was pulled over when it crossed the yellow line while driving on Weaver Street. The officer smelled marijuana in the car and found a large bag at the feet of a passenger riding in the car. The 18-year-old passenger claimed ownership of the marijuana as well as some rolling papers, a glass pipe and a small scale. In addition, the boy had a forged Maryland license in his possession. He was arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana, criminal use of drug paraphernalia and possession of a forged instrument. He was released on $500 cash bail pending a future court date.

On Friday night October 29 at 10:15 pm, police found a large group of kids outside the Girl Scout House on Wayside Lane. Though many of the kids fled on foot when the police arrived, police did catch an inebriated 17-year-old boy holding an open can of Coors Light Beer. He was given a summons for consuming alcohol on public property and taken home to his mother.

At midnight on Saturday October 30, police went to talk to the occupants of a parked car on Popham Road and found that one of the girls in the car was sick from drinking too much. None of the other occupants of the car were drunk and they would not tell police where the 18-year-girl had been drinking. Police called the sick girl’s father and he came by to pick her up.

At 3:30 am on October 29th, police saw a N.Y.C taxi pull over on Palmer Avenue. A passenger got out of the cab, and spoke briefly to the driver. Then the policeman saw the passenger start to run into the parking lot and the cab driver got out of the car and yelled “help, stop him”. Police pursued the fleeing passenger into the lot, where he slipped and fell. Police found that he was drunk and running from the cab to avoid paying the $80.00 fare from Grand Central Station in Manhattan. The 23 year-old passenger was detained and later arrested for theft of services for failing to pay the driver. The man was released to his mother, a Sylvan Road resident, on $100 bail.

Leigh Murray, age 26 of Yonkers was arrested at 3:30 am on October 26th when police were conducting traffic stops on Garth Road. Ms Murray, driving a 1999 Volkswagen was found to be drunk with a BAC of .22. She had bloodshot eye, spoke with slurred speech and swayed. She was handcuffed and taken to police headquarters for booking where was placed in the holding cell, photographed, fingerprinted and released on $240 bail to a friend from White Plains at 6 am. Murray was charged with driving while intoxicated, and driving to the left of the pavement markings.

On October 29, Frank Fraioli, age 46 of White Plains, was arrested on a bench warrant for failing to appear in Scarsdale court. He was sent to jail until his court date on November 3rd. His original offense was stealing chewing gum from the 7-11 on Garth Road.

Burglary: In an incident that is similar to the break-in on Eton Road last week, police responded to a burglar alarm on Sheldrake Road at 8:30 pm on October 30th. They found a shattered rear glass door and a piece of Belgian block on the ground. Though no one was around, the master bedroom was tossed. Jewelry was stolen and the residents will compile a list of the missing items.

Theft: During the early morning hours of 10/28, a 2008 white Lexus 570 was stolen from the driveway of a Horseguard Lane home. The car was valued at $80,000.

Drunk: A woman was reported to be walking on the Bronx River Parkway at 2:32 am on 10/29. Scarsdale Police picked her up and found that she was drunk. SVAC transported the woman, who identified herself as Rita Delfini of Eastchester, to the White Plains Emergency Room.

Lost: Tzu-Chien Ju, age 59 of Palmer Avenue was reported lost at 8 pm on the evening of October 28th. She suffers from dementia and left the house on foot at 7 pm. The 5’2”, 110 pound woman had last been seen walking on Palmer Avenue carrying a plastic bag. Police searched the area for her and notified the Fire Department, SVAC and Central Taxi and also generated a hotline call to all Westchester agencies, the Westchester County Beeline bus, the MTA police and Westchester County control and they all participated in a search. Sergeant Siciliano of the Scarsdale police found the woman on Foxhall Road at 9:48 pm and she was evaluated by paramedics and returned home.

Car break-ins: Black Birch Lane residents reported that the front drivers window and front passenger window of their 1994 Dodge had been broken sometime between October 20 and 30.

During the night of October 25-26, there was a spate of car break-ins:

• The right front passenger window of a 2010 Honda CRV parked in the driveway of a Brookby Road was broken and an iPod was stolen.
• On Secor Road the resident believes that someone entered her 2008 Mercedes SUV and took her purse. The bag contained credit cards, a driver’s license, a Blackberry, $40 in cash and an Apple iPod.
• Also on Secor Road the passenger side window of a car was broken and a black purse containing a Louis Vuitton wallet, cash, prescription eyeglasses and an Apple iTouch were stolen.
• The rear passenger window of a 1998 Honda parked in a Quentin Road driveway was broken and two textbooks were taken.
• The passenger window of a 2008 BMW parked on Wynmor Road was broken and a black leather jacket was stolen.

More incidents occurred on the night of October 27-28.

• An Acura car key and a cell phone were taken from an unlocked 2009 Acura parked on Hathaway Road.
• A pair of Nike tennis shoes and a black dress were stolen from the trunk of an unlocked 2008 Mercedes parked in a driveway on Axtell Road.
• Also on Axtell Road, $12.00 in quarters was stolen from an unlocked car parked there overnight.

A Wynmor Road woman reported that $4,700 had been withdrawn from her Citibank account without her authorization on September 18. A withdrawal slip with a forged signature along with i.d. had been presented to a teller who remitted the funds. The incident is under investigation by the Citibank fraud unit.

Missing: Sometime between 10/24 and 10/28 an 18 speed Raleigh bicycle, valued at $450 was stolen from a Foxhall Place garage. Two campaign signs for Suzi Oppenheimer were removed from a Fox Meadow Road home on October 29th.

Lost: A Rectory Lane woman reported that she lost an 18 carat gold bracelet with multi-colored stones when she was walking on Rectory Lane on Saturday October 23rd. A Burgess Road woman reported that her silver and diamond Bedet watch, valued at $6,000 was missing from her home.

Accident: A Hazelton Drive woman, driving through the Scarsdale High School parking lot was hit by a school bus. The bus driver said that he did not see her car.

Harassed: A Mamaroneck Road woman received a note at her door from an estranged relative asking for help on October 26th. The relative also went to the resident’s husband’s place of business to contact him. The Scarsdale woman had not been in contact with the relative for 25 years and did not wish to speak with her. She asked the police to intervene.

A Gaylor Road man called police on October 27 for help getting rid of an unwanted visitor who had come to the house to make amends for a fight. Police asked the visitor to leave and he did so, without incident.

At 12:20 am on October 31, police were called to a Cushman Road home on a report that a fight was in progress. Police found some kids running from the scene, but there was no fighting going on.

At 1 am on October 31st, a Brewster Road woman reported an argument with her husband. Police mediated and everyone went to bed.

On the morning of October 28 a 9-year-old girl fainted in class at the Fox Meadow School. SVAC was called and took the girl to White Plains Hospital

Rocks: A Pinecrest Road man complained to police that kids threw rocks at his car when it was parked on Church Lane at 11:15 pm on Saturday night October 30. No damage was done to the car.

Found and turned over to police:

• A white and blue cell phone on Nelson Road at 9 pm on 10/31
• A Lexus ignition key and a BMW ignition key
• A Tiffany key ring with a car key in front of Starbucks on East Parkway
• A bicycle on Larch Lane

Coyote sightings:

• At 84 Garden Road at 3 pm on October 25
• At 97 Garden Road at 4:30 on 10/25
• At 92 Sheldrake Road at 5:51 on 10/25
• At 239 Mamaroneck Road at 9:47 pm on 10/25
• At 25 Mamaroneck Road on 10/27 at 7 pm
• At 50 Catherine Road at 8 am on 10/28
• At 166 Secor Road at 8:12 am on 10/28
• At Sycamore Road at 8:22 am on 10/28 – caller reports that a coyote attacked her dog but the woman scared the coyote off and the dog was okay.
• At 29 Black Birch Lane at 9:50 am on 10/28
• At 55 Park Road at 6:07 pm on 10/28