Firefighter Goes Berserk and Drivers Lose Control

Fireman goes berserk: A former employee of the Scarsdale Fire Department was arrested for aggravated harassment after a bizarre series of events, dating back to February 2010. Stephen M. Lyons, a 51 year-old resident of Danbury, CT had worked for the Scarsdale Fire Department for 20 years before retiring in October 2008. However, since that time his behavior became erratic and aggressive and he interrupted the business of the fire department.

In February, 2010 Lyons called the office manager of the fire department and said he was going to kill himself and in the summer of 2010, he called the fire stations up to 30 times per day for no reason. On October 1, 2010 Chief Cain asked Lyons to stop calling and Lyons promised to do so, but on October 29, 2010 he called the station and then hung up and in the next two weeks sent 13 emails to the Chief. Between February 28 and April 13, 2011 Lyons sent six “accusatory and bizarre emails” to Chief Cain and on May 10th he sent eight emails within a 2-hour period. He repeated threats to kill himself in a phone call to the department on May 10 and on August 3, 2011 he came to the station and left a suicidal note in the area. He also called Chief Cain on August 3 and Cain reported that Lyons sounded drunk. He accused Cain of “trying to hurt him,” and cursed at him.

In order to stop these disruptive events, police put out a warrant for his arrest for harassment. Lyons turned himself in at headquarters at 9:30 am on August 9th and was booked, arraigned and released by Judge Galloway. A temporary order of protection was issued against Lyons.

Drunk driver hits tree: Shortly after midnight on August 11, 19 year-old Roger Kadiri of Rye Brook drove his 2010 Jeep into a tree on Saxon Woods Road. Police received a call about a loud crash and found Kadiri still in the heavily damaged car, unable to open the door. Police told him to get out of the Jeep via the passenger side door, and when he did they found that he was drunk. After taking an alco-sensor test which showed that he was drunk Kadiri admitted to having a few drinks and smoking. He was also found with a pipe and several bags of an unidentified “herbal substance.” Kadiri was arrested and while in transit to the police station got sick, and according to the police was “in and out of consciousness.” SVAC was called and they took him to White Plains Hospital where he was treated and issued a summons for DWI.

Driver hits pole: At 5:08 am on 8/13 a Walworth Avenue man was awakened by a loud noise and saw that a Jeep had run into a utility pole on Walworth near Brayton Road. Police arrived and the driver said that he had fallen asleep while driving home. Though he was conscious he needed medical attention and police called Con Edison about the damaged pole. The driver was identified as Jerrod Rice, age 37 of White Plains.

Field damage: On August 14, a Greenacres man reported that he saw someone “doing donuts” on Greenacres Field. The driver had driven onto the field at the Greenacres School field and damaged the lawn.

House party: A Carmen Road woman called police when she found that $10,000 in jewelry was missing from her jewelry box on August 11. She had been away and left her 19 year-old son home. During that time he had a bunch of friends to the house. He spoke to them to see if they noticed anyone taking the jewelry and also supplied police with a list of the names of his guests.

Car break-in : A 47 year-old New Rochelle woman found that her car was vandalized while it was parked at the Scarsdale Pool on the afternoon of August 12th. While she was using the pool, someone broke a rear window of the car and stole items that were inside.

Noise: At 3:37 am on August 15, a Clarence Road man called police and said that kids were outside playing in a shopping cart and screaming “God Bless America.” Police were unable to find the partiers.

Crank call: The housekeeper at a Murray Hill home reported that she received a suspicious phone call on 8/14 while the residents were out of town. The man on the phone claimed to be from the Scarsdale Police Station and asked if the homeowners had returned and if she was the babysitter. After she identified herself, the man hung up. When a return call was made to the phone number shown, it was picked up by an answering machine.

Tree trouble: A Post Road woman called police on the evening of August 10th when she found her neighbor on her property. The two neighbors are involved in a dispute over tree trimming and the complainant filed a claim in Small Claims Court about the trees. The court date was set for the following day and the neighbor stayed on the property without permission, possibly to take photos.

Husband trouble: A 32 year-old Quaker Ridge woman came to the police on August 12th to say that she was afraid that her husband was “positioning himself for divorce” by making changes to their financial accounts.