A Prowler, Fights and More Water from the Scarsdale Police

Prowler: A Colonial Road was awakened by a loud bang outside his house at 5:30 am on September 7th. He looked outside and saw a man running from the back of the house and then saw the man get into his car and drive fast toward Mamaroneck Road. The resident was not able to provide a description of the suspect of the car.

Up on the Roof of Edgewood School: Police got a report at 6 pm on 9/5 that kids were atop the Edgewood School, but when police arrived, the kids were gone.

Identity Theft: A Heathcote Road woman reported the $3,854 in fraudulent withdrawals were made from her checking account between May 23-September 6, 2011. There were 19 withdrawals in all.

More flooding: At 8 pm on September 6, Weaver Street between Crossway and Stratton Road was closed due to flooding. That same night, the Brewster Road entrance to Scarsdale High School was also closed with the stream overflowed and Greendale Road was taped off that night due to excess water. At 8 am on 9/10, there was a broken water main at 10 Walworth Avenue.

Fights: Police were called on the morning of 9/11 to mediate a dispute between a home health care aide and the man she cares for on Mamaroneck Road in Scarsdale. Social Services said that the man was required to have 24-hour care, though there was no court order mandating it. The 86 year-old man at the house wanted the home health care worker to leave the premises. Police called the man’s nephew and asked him to find a new health care aide and police stayed at the house while the aid removed her personal belongings from the house and returned the key.

An Oak Lane woman called police when a black Infiniti was parked in her driveway at 6:55 pm on 9/8. She said she had approached the driver who became irate and told her to call the police. When police arrived the man had pulled the car out of the driveway and was parked at the side of the road with the hazard lights on. Police spoke to the driver who was initially argumentative and denied parking in the woman’s driveway. However, the driver said he was fine and was having a phone conversation.

Police were called to Starbucks in Scarsdale Village at 8:30 pm on 9/8 when a man was taking photos of two Starbucks employees with his cell phone and became belligerent when the employees said the store was closing. The man had left the store before police arrived.

Locked In: At 10:35 am on Sunday 9/11, a woman got stuck inside the ATM room at the Chase Bank on Palmer Avenue. By the time police arrived, she had gotten out. On Walworth Avenue, two children and an adult got locked in a bedroom on the morning of 9/9. Police were able to open the door.

Threatening Text: An 18 year-old Bell Road boy reported that a former friend sent him a threatening text message on September 7. The text message said, “I’m telling you now you can tell the cops your getting an ass beaten when I get home idc anymore.” He received the message after he met a mutual friend outside the texter’s girlfriend’s house. Police called the man who sent the text and told his stepfather to instruct him stop texting or calling the Scarsdale boy.

Missing Manhole: On the morning of 9/8 a Fenimore Road man damaged the rear right tire of his car when he drove over a manhole that was missing its cover at the intersection of Brite Avenue and Chesterfield Road. The manhole had been dislodged by heavy water runoff.

Deep Water: At 6:18 am on 9/8, a caller reported that his gray Audi was stuck at the intersection of Popham Road and Scarsdale Avenue and filling up with water. He was able to move the car out of the water and called a tow truck.

Lawn Damage: While backing out of the driveway at 156 Rock Creek Lane at 7 pm on 9/8, a Bronx woman reversed onto the lawn of 259 Rock Creek Lane, then drove forward across the lawn of 156 Rock Creek Lane and then traversed the lawn of 159 Rock Creek Lane.

Parties! At 11:35 pm on 9/5 police investigated a noisy pool party on Hickory Lane. Kids agreed that it was time to call it a night. On Saturday night September 10th, police broke up a small party on Harvest Drive and responded to a noise complaint on White Road. At 11 pm, police went to Normandy Lane and asked the homeowner to turn down the music. The DJ turned it off and the party ended.

Missing: A bicycle was reported stolen from a storage unit at the Chateaux Apartments on September 7th.

Animals: A coyote was reported on Rock Creek Lane at 3:08 pm on September 8th.