A Scam, A Tossed Diamond and Thefts

Car break-in at Scarsdale Library: In the ten minutes it took a Bronx woman to pick up a child at Scarsdale Library, someone broke the driver’s side window of the Toyota Highlander she was driving and stole her purse which contained $360 in cash as well as credit cards, keys, a passport, checkbook and the woman’s driver’s license. The incident occurred around 8:30 pm on the night of 1/3/11 when the car was parked directly across from the main entrance of the library. The following day Eastchester Police found the woman’s passport on the Post Road near Brook Street.

Scammed: A Ferncliff Road man was a victim of a Craig’s List scam. He posted some furniture he wanted to sell on Craig’s List and was contacted by a buyer in Florida during the first week in January. Though the price for the furniture was $325.50, the buyer sent two checks, each for $875.25 for a total of $1,750.50. The buyer told the Scarsdale man that $325.50 was for the furniture and the remaining $1,425.00 was to be sent by Western Union to another Florida man who would transport the furniture. The Scarsdale victim deposited the checks and wired $1,425.00 to Florida only to find out that the checks he deposited were fraudulent and bounced. The result? The victim lost $1,425.00 in the scam, as he could not recover the funds he sent via Western Union.

A Tunstall Road woman lost her Amex card on December 3, 2010 but did not realize she had misplaced it. When she received the statement there were $2,400 in unauthorized charges on the account.

Death: Michael Pape age 95 of Chesterfield Road died in his home on the night of January 5th, 2011. His home health aide was with him and alerted a relative.

Unwanted Guests: On New Year’s Eve police were called when a number of uninvited guests showed up at a River Road home. When police arrived, they found kids fleeing the area. Inside the house they found alcoholic drinks scattered throughout, and the young woman who lived at the house said that the uninvited visitors arrived with alcohol. In the upstairs bedroom they found a highly intoxicated girl and called her mother. Police found a bottle of Blanch d’Artangnan, and beer in the kitchen, the basement and at the front door. The inebriated girl was taken to White Plains Hospital and the resident was issued a summons.

Lost: A 39 year-old Brewster Road woman called police to report that her two carat diamond and platinum ring, valued at $40,000 was lost. She last saw the ring on December 8 in her dresser drawer. On December 11 she discovered that the ring was missing and her five year-old son told her that his two year-old brother had been playing with the ring in the bathroom and may have thrown it into the garbage. Her insurance company advised her to report the incident to the police.

A Fox Meadow Road woman reported losing her wallet on the morning of 1/3. She last remembered having it in the parking garage of 2 Overhill Road. Police advised her to cancel all of her credit cards.

A Greenacres man reported that his daughter was missing on the afternoon of 1/3. However, while he was speaking with the police, the girl called her dad and said she was at Scarsdale High School.

Found: A wallet containing cash and credit cards was found at La Renaissance in Scarsdale and turned over to police on 1/6. Police were unable to contact the owner of the wallet and held it for safekeeping.

Missing: A theft took place at a residential home on Foxhall Road sometime during the month of December and was reported to police on January 5, 2011. The Resident Manager of the home cashed a company check for $4,759.22 and was supposed to distribute the funds to the 8 residents of the house. The money was to be locked in the safe and given to the residents to spend on holiday gifts. Instead of distributing the money, the employee quit her job, cancelled her cell phones and left with the funds.

Disputes: At another residential home, Search for Change on the Post Road, police were called when two residents got into a fight on the evening of 1/4. One woman locked a guest of the other woman out of the house and the two had a dispute and called each other names. Police told the woman to refrain from fighting.

A Valley Road mother called police on the morning of 1/6 to help her with her 15 year-old son who was not listening. Police told the boy to abide by the family rules and also recommended they seek help from Scarsdale Family Counseling.

A resident at 1191 Post road was advised to keep the music down when the volume was annoying one of his neighbors on the evening of 1/8.

Flying Objects: The head custodian of the Quaker Ridge School called the police on the afternoon of 1/7 when kids were on school property were throwing snowballs at passing cars. The Police asked the kids to leave the area.

On the night of 1/7, a Horseguard Lane woman reported that someone in a silver mustang threw fireworks on her lawn and drove away.

Strange: A Bradford Road man came to police on 1/3 to report the receipt of a suspicious holiday card. The handwritten note on the card mentioned a family trip the Scarsdale man took to Puerto Rico two years ago as well as his son’s car. However, the Scarsdale man does not know the senders and was concerned.

A neighbor noticed that the front door of a Kensington Road was open on the morning of 1/9. Police came by, checked the house and contacted the homeowner who said she was having trouble securing the front door.

Accident: At midnight on 1/6 a Yonkers woman drove into a Con Edison pole on Walworth Avenue near Gilmore Court. The woman claimed that an animal ran in front of the car and when she swerved to avoid hitting it she drove her 2004 Honda into the utility pole.

Greenburgh Police:

A 2004 Honda Civic that had been stolen from 1001 South Central Avenue was recovered from the parking lot of 975 South Central Avenue on the afternoon of January 3rd. The car belongs to George Imrich of Hawthorne.

A woman who lives on Wildwood Road in Hartsdale called police on Tuesday afternoon January 4 when she found 8-9 kids playing with snowballs in front of her house. When they came onto her porch and looked into her front windows she became alarmed.