From the Scarsdale Police... a DWI, a Burglary and a Bird in the Wrong Place

Drunk Driver Arrested: On the evening of March 4, police responded to an accident on Mamaroneck Road near Harvest Drive. They found a woman in a blue Audi with a flat front tire. They spoke to the driver who was sitting in the car with the motor running and found that she had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and a strong odor of alcohol on her breath. She admitted to drinking at a friend’s house earlier in the day and presented her license that identified her as Veronique Lauras of Crossway in Scarsdale. She was too drunk to complete the sobriety tests and was arrested and taken to headquarters. She was found to have a blood alcohol level of .28 and charged with three counts of driving while intoxicated. Her car was left in the Scarsdale Pool parking lot and her husband came to pick her up.

Burglary: On the evening of March 4, a Colonial Road man returned home to find that his front door had been kicked in and his home had been burglarized. The lock and doorframe of the front door were damaged and the master bedroom was entered. Drawers were opened and the contents were thrown on the floor. A laptop computer, jewelry, and credit cards were stolen.

Fight!: On the evening of 3/2 a feud broke out between two mechanics at the Shell Station on Scarsdale Avenue about their mechanical abilities. The fight began as a verbal argument but escalated into a pushing and shoving match. The station owner was able to break up the fight and separate the two men. Both agreed to go home for the day and though one man’s hand was scraped he refused medical attention.

Lost: The owner of the Beautiful Home Center on Popham Road reported that two gold rings that were on her desk were gone on the afternoon of 3/3. Police searched the store and found the rings in the garbage can next to the woman’s desk.

A 16 year-old Meadow Road girl lost her purse after dining at the Southeast Asia Restaurant on Garth Road on March 4th. After leaving the restaurant at 7:30 pm she realized the purse was gone and retraced her steps, but the purse was nowhere to be found.

On March 4th, a resident of Search for Change on the Post Road complained that someone took $117.50 from her locked box, though $500, jewelry and cigarettes were still in the box. Search for Change is a group home and no other larcenies were reported.

Found: The owner of Gingerbread Kidz on Chase Road called police for help on the evening of March 4th when a bird was stuck in the store. Police were able to catch the bird and release it outside.

Car Break ins: A teacher at the Hoff Barthelson Music School left her purse in the car when it was parked at the school on the evening of March 2nd. When she returned to the car around 10 pm, the front passenger wide window of her 2008 Toyota Corolla was broken and her purse was missing. Also gone were the contents of her purse which included a credit card, checkbook, $100 dollar in cash, an Amex gift card, her cell phone and the keys to her apartment.

A Honda Civic that belonged to a 17 year-old girl was also vandalized that evening when it was parked in the Hoff Barthelson lot on School Lane. The car was damaged and the girl’s credit card, license, health insurance card, medicine and $7.00 in cash were taken. The girl reported that when she arrived at the school around 10 pm she saw a black man about 5’ 10” tall, wearing a black coat standing near the side entrance to the school.

Damaged: A Yonkers man was parked in his 2010 Mercedes C30 at Chase Road and Woodland Place at 10 pm on 2/28, when a large branch from a Village tree fell on his car, damaging the windshield and the front hood.

Vandalism: An empty beer bottle was thrown through the moon roof of a 2010 Honda Pilot when it was parked in the driveway of a Rodney Road home overnight from March 5-6. The bottle, which was found on the front passenger seat, caused $1,200 in damage to the car.

Noise: Police received a call about some noisy kids in Aspen Road Park at 11:45 pm on March 4th. Police asked the kids to leave the area and they complied. At 11:45 pm on March 5th, police received a complaint about a loud party on Franklin Road. Police knocked on the door and asked the homeowner to turn down the music. She agreed to and apologized for the inconvenience.

Identity Theft: A Stratton Road woman reported that on 2/25 someone wrote two fraudulent checks from her Bank of America account – one for $6,400 payable to Chase Bank and another for $1,500 payable to Citibank. The checks had the correct account and routing numbers but looked different than her real checks. The woman did not recognize the signature on the checks and Bank of America closed the account.

In addition, on March 4th a Heathcote Road man was called by Chase Bank to report that someone had presented a counterfeit check bearing his account number for payment. The check was made out for $4,796.28 payable to Thania Lliguichuzhca. The bank advised the man to cancel his account.

Harassed: A 26 year-old Axtell Drive woman reported being harassed by someone she friended on Facebook on March 1. Starting on March 2nd, she started to receive text messages and phone calls from the man that were sexual in nature. She asked him to stop contacting her but he persisted all day. Police contacted the man but his phone was off and advised the victim to “defriend” the man.

On March 3rd, a Brite Avenue woman came to police to report that a woman she had interviewed for a housekeeping position was calling her and sending unwanted text messages. The Scarsdale woman had decided not to hire the candidate and wanted the calls to stop. Police contacted the interviewee who denied sending the messages and claimed that her children might have been playing with her phone. Police told her to have no further contact with the Scarsdale woman.

An employee of the Scarsdale School District called police on March 4 to report that a man was calling the district several times a day to inquire about a substitute teacher who is no longer employed by the district. The man has been calling the school for years, asking for different people, and has also called school officials at home.

The grandfather of a Continental Road boy reported that two men were taking photographs of the boy as he got off the school bus on February 28. Since the boy’s mother is going through a divorce, he is concerned about the safety of his grandson.

A Fenimore Road man called police several times on 2/28 to reported that his ex-girlfriend was sitting in a car outside of his home. He first called at 8 pm, and then at 11:38 pm. At 11:30 pm on 3/1 he called police again to complain that someone was ringing his doorbell and harassing him.

A young man from Quentin Road called police on the afternoon of March 1 to complain that his father would not give him the car keys. Police spoke to the Dad who advised them that his son is not able to drive at this time.