Scarsdale and Greenburgh Police Blotter - January 30, 2012

An angry tenant slashed all 12 tires on three cars parked on Swarthmore Road overnight on 1/22- 1/23. The cars included one 1997 Mercedes and two 2007 Hondas. The Scarsdale man owns real estate in Elmsford and is in the process of evicting some tenants who failed to pay their rent. On January 17, the Scarsdale man received a threatening phone call from the tenant and an eviction hearing was scheduled for the following week. On January 25, the tenant who was identified as Guillermo Enrique Lopez-Torres, age 45, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated harassment.

An iPad was stolen from the CVS parking garage attendants’ booth on January 23rd. Surveillance video of the garage will be reviewed to see if the theft was filmed.

Copper leaders, valued at $750 were stolen from a Park Road home that is currently under repair sometime between January 21 and January 22. The suspects’ footprints could be seen in the snow.

Lost man: An 86 year-old Colvin Road man who suffers from Alzheimers walked out of his house around noon on 1/24 and could not be found. Police searched the area and found him at the corner of Greenacres Way and Goulden Road in White Plains. Police transported him back to his home.

A red Raleigh racing bike, valued at $600 was stolen from a rear patio of a Meadow Road home sometime between January 10 and January 25.

A Wildwood Road woman reported unauthorized transactions on her Chase Debit card totaling $1,700. The purchases were made in Pennsylvania and in New York City.

A white steel figure from a lamppost on Beechwood Lane was stolen overnight on 1/27 – 1/28.

A Yonkers woman called police on January 23rd from the Christie Place Garage, where she had lost the only key to her car. Police helped her retrace her steps and the keys were found inside the Patisserie on Christie Place.

Noisy trespassers: Just after midnight on 1/29 Birchall Drive residents complained that kids were congregating on their property. Police found a car full of noisy kids and saw more kids fleeing the property. Police agreed to have an extra patrol watch the property and instructed the residents to put on outside lights and set the alarm.

A Madison Road man came to police headquarters on the afternoon of 1/29 to report the receipt of unwanted emails from his ex-girlfriend. She was also emailing his friends and family. He was annoyed and wanted to document the incidents.

Greenburgh

At Joann’s on Central Avenue, an employee was found to have stolen $1,766.43 in cash from the register between 12/17/11 and 1/23/12. When the store manager discovered the loss and asked to speak to the cashier, she put on her coat, left the store and failed to return after her break.

On Sunday morning 1/29, a Yonkers man found a burned Buick on West Hartsdale Avenue near the Woodlands School. It appeared as if the car had been torched. A search of the license plate number revealed that the car had been reported stolen in Yonkers.

Feuding neighbors on Elizabeth Street called police on the morning of 1/23 over a parking dispute in their shared driveway. On 1/25 police were called again concerning a dispute over the location of a car on the property. On 1/29 one of the parties reported that she returned home to find a subpoena on her living room floor. Whoever dropped it off had entered her home without permission.

A Yonkers man had his credit cards and cash stolen from his wallet while he was working out at Planet Fitness on Central Avenue on Sunday 1/22. He believes his wallet fell out of his pants during his workout and when he noticed, he searched the gym but was unable to find it. On his way out of the gym a woman approached him and asked him if he had lost his wallet and returned it to him. He later realized that $40 in cash was missing as well as a credit card. Shortly thereafter he found that $365 in unauthorized charges were made on his credit card at Victoria’s Secret in Yonkers.

Death: Ethel Spindler, age 89 of 170 East Hartsdale Avenue was found dead in her apartment on January 26th by her home attendant.

A car driven by Roberta Graf, age 52 of Country Ridge Road, Scarsdale was reported to be blocking two lanes of traffic on Ardsley Road on the morning of 1/26. Police arrived and found Ms. Graf slumped over the wheel of the 2005 Mercedez Benz. A witness said the car had swerved from left to right before hitting a curb. The driver was taken to White Plains hospital.

A solicitor without a permit was given a summons for violating town code when he was found going door to door in the Poets Corner area of Hartsdale on January 26th. The man who was identified as Jason Williams of the Bronx had been caught soliciting on January 14 and January 15 as well.

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