Three More Burglaries Reported in Scarsdale

Thieves continue to prey on Scarsdale homes and this week the Scarsdale Police report three additional burglaries. All involve broken glass and stolen jewelry. Take at look at what’s happening here:

A Fox Meadow Road home was entered on the afternoon of 11/17. Though the front door had been locked with a deadbolt, the homeowner returned and found it ajar with the deadlock still in the locked position. Upon inspection police determined that the thieves had entered the house through a bathroom window that is concealed by shrubbery and an air conditioning unit outside the house. Police suspect that the intruders left via sliding glass doors in the living room. The master bedroom, an upstairs bedroom and the office were heavily tossed. Empty jewelry boxes were found on the floor and the thieves took three pillowcases. In the office papers were in disarray and a safe was left open, though several laptops in the house were untouched. The homeowner estimated that at least $15,000 in jewelry was missing and said that she would supply an inventory.

Between 11/10 and 11/19 a burglary occurred on Wheelock Road where the suspect entered the house by breaking a glass door and prying it open. Silver and antique photos were taken from the first floor, and the second floor master bedroom was heavily tossed. The suspect used a tool to break open a locked walk-in closet where drawers were open and jewelry was removed. All electronics were left in place. A platinum Tiffany watch and a strand of pearls with a platinum diamond clasp were among the missing items.

A third burglary occurred on Fairview Road on the night of 11/19 when the residents were out to dinner in White Plains. As in the Wheelock Road incident, the thief or thieves got into the house by prying open the base of a glass paneled back door and shattering the glass. There were mud stains on the carpeted stairway and in the master bedroom. Bedroom drawers and the closet were tossed and jewelry boxes were strewn about. Several pieces of jewelry and $2,000 in cash were missing. A locked closet on the second floor was pried open.

A mountain bike was stolen from a Stratton Road garage sometime between 11/18 and 11/20. At times the garage had been left open.

Found: A Yonkers man found a walker, used by the elderly, at the corner of Christie Place and Chase Road on the morning of 11/16. Later that day he turned it over to the police.

Identity Theft: On 11/19, a Tisdale man reported that someone had attempted to open credit card accounts using his personal information at Dell Computer and Capitol One. The imposter had the Scarsdale man’s name, social security number and date of birth. Both accounts were closed.

Nasty Dog: On11/14 a Hampton Road woman complained that a neighbor’s dog attacks her dog when she walks by the property. She asked police to contact the dog’s owners.

Harassed: A Secor Road woman reported the receipt of harassing phone calls from her ex-boyfriend’s sister on 11/19. The complainant gave the police the name and phone number of the woman who was bothering her.

On the night of 11/19 a Heathcote Road woman came to police to complain that her boyfriend was demanding that she remove her property from an apartment in Brooklyn that was leased to her. She wanted the boyfriend to vacate instead. Police advised that this was a civil incident and recommended that she call the Kings County Courthouse during regular business hours.

A concerned Park Road woman called police on 11/17 to report that at 2 pm the previous day her teenage daughter was waiting for the Bee Line bus on the Post Road when the driver of a dark blue minivan stopped and asked her if she wanted a ride home. The girl declined the ride but described the driver as a Hispanic male with black hair and black mustache.

Disputes: Two employees of Dunkin Donuts on Depot Place got into a fight on the afternoon of 11/20. One man threatened to the cut the other. When police arrived the store manager did not wish to press charges and the employee apologized for making the threat. The store manager agreed to schedule the two on different shifts in the future.

On 11/15 the Eye Gallery in Scarsdale reported that a customer failed to pay for a pair of sunglasses that she picked up in July. The woman had promised to pay for the glasses when she received her insurance reimbursement check but cashed the check and did not pay the store. Police advised the store to call a lawyer.

Missing: On 11/15 a Brite Avenue woman asked police to help her contact her sister in Houston who she had not been able to reach for several months. Scarsdale police contacted Houston Police and requested a welfare check. Houston Police contacted the woman and reported back that she was fine.

Dancing: Police were called on the afternoon of 11/18 when a man was seen dancing in Greenacres Field. When police arrived they found a Village resident doing a martial arts workout.

Accidents: A 69 year-old Johnson Road man was driving eastbound on Ardsley Road at 4:30 on 11/116 when he lost consciousness. As the car entered the intersection of Ardsley Road and Depot Place he hit another car and then struck the curbing under construction at the bridge.

A 60 year-old New Rochelle woman was travelling northbound on the Hutchinson Avenue on the morning of 11/17 when her eyeglasses slipped off her face. While she attempting to put them back on, she veered off the road and drove into a telephone pole.