Police Resolve Fights and Respond to Storm Damage

Arrested: Around 5 pm on September 23, police stopped a driver at the intersection of Popham Road and Depot Place because the man was speaking on his cell phone while driving. When police asked to see the man’s license he said that he did not have it with him and gave the police his passport, saying that his license may have a few suspensions for unpaid tickets. Police did a D.M.V. check and found that the man’s license had been suspended 7 times for failing to pay fines. The driver was identified as Ryan Duffield, age 32 of Edgewood Road in Scarsdale. Police took Duffield and his dog to headquarters and called his mother who came to pick up the dog. Though he had an outstanding warrant from another precinct, he was released on $200 bail and given a court date of 10/3.

Thomas Barr, age 44 of Port Chester surrendered to police in response to a bench warrant dating back to May 20, 2012. He was booked and brought before Justice Galloway who released him and gave him a court date of September 26.

Unruly Customer: The VP of Wells Fargo Ban on Chase Road called police on the morning of 9/22 when a customer acted in a threatening manner. The man and his Asian wife entered the bank and the man demanded that the bank notarize some paperwork. The bank officer attempted to read the paperwork to the wife who appeared to speak very little English. But the man grabbed the papers before the bank officer could read what it said, and picked up the officer’s name plate and came at her while yelling at her. He then left the bank with his wife. Police spoke to the man who claimed that he attempted to have the document notarized earlier in the week but it was incomplete. He said that when he returned to the bank, they would not notarize the document because his wife did not appear to understand what she was signing. The man was advised not to return to the bank and he agreed.

Disputes: A landscaper working on Leatherstocking at 8:30 am on 9/20 got into a dispute with his boss and called the police. The worker did not like the way the boss was treating him and wanted to quit. They got into a dispute about wages that were owed and the worker claimed that his boss hit him in the face while he was calling the police. When police arrived the boss admitted to trying to grab the phone out of the man’s hand. The two agreed to work the issue out themselves.

On 9/22 a Sage Terrace man complained to police that landscapers at a neighboring home on Ridgecrest North had cut down one of his own trees. Police said this was a civil matter and advised the man to contact his neighbor.

Marital Matters: A husband and wife from Murray Hill Road had a fight when they were driving home from a family event about the use of the navigation system. By the time police arrived the disagreement had ended and they required no assistance.

A Putnam Road woman complained that her ex-husband entered her home while she was away this summer and removed paintings, a lamp and a coffee table without her permission. On 9/21 an Eastchester woman came to the Scarsdale Police to report that she was concerned that her ex-husband would prevent her from picking up her daughter at nursery school. Police went to the school and spoke to the Director who gave the woman permission to pick up her daughter.

Inappropriate Behavior: On 9/21 a Heathcote man reported that a construction worker had made several passes at his wife earlier in the month while he was working in their home. The construction company terminated the man’s employment and the homeowner wanted to bar the man from returning to the house.

Missing Kids: A Greenacres man reported that his 14 year-old son and his nephew were missing on the night of September 22 at 9 pm. They had been gone since 7 pm. A few hours later, the boys were found and brought home to their parents.

Accidents: A Scarsdale woman driving a Subaru struck a pedestrian who was crossing Popham Road on the afternoon of Tuesday September 18. The condition of the pedestrian was not released.

A collision occurred between two cars at the intersection of Heathcote Road and Crossway on Saturday September 23 at 4 pm. A 32 year-old driver in a Lexus was turning onto Crossway from Heathcote Road. An 81 year-old driver from Yonkers driving a Toyota south on Crossway ran into the Lexus, hitting the passenger side of the car. The 81 year-old woman said she had chest pain and was taken to White Plains Hospital.

Damage: An exterior lamppost at a Tisdale Road home was damaged overnight on 9/16-9/17. The glass was broken and the top was knocked off the post. This is the third incident this year following damage to the lamp posts in April and May.

A branch from a village-owned tree on Brayton Road fell on a Honda Civic on the afternoon of September 18 and damaged the taillight.

The owner of a 2006 Nissan Sentra reported that a window of the car was broken while it was parked on Brite Avenue on the evening of September 18.. It was not apparent what caused the window to break.

Storm Damage: The storm on September 18 was the cause of many phone calls to the police about downed trees, wires and branches – see the list of locations below.

• A tree fell at 14 Circle Road at 8:56 am and took down the wires
• A branch feel at the intersection of Mamaroneck and Carthage Roads at 2 pm
• A branch fell on Brayton Road and damaged a car at 2:30 pm
• A tree fell and brought down power lines on Rodney Road at 3 pm
• Wire covers fell in the yard of a Kingston Road home at 3 pm
• A falling branch hit wires on Corell Road at 3 pm
• A large tree fell on power lines at Fenimore Road at Brite Avenue at 5 pm
• A large tree fell at Hyatt Field at 6 pm

In addition, at 8 pm, police report that they had responded to reports of falling trees and branches at:

• Greenacres and Walworth Avenues
• Sherbrooke and Duck Pond Roads
• 7 Paddington Road
• Secor Road
• 26 Autenreith
• 45 Popham Road
• Kingston Road and Greenacres Avenue
• Post and Lorraine Road
• 4 Burgess Road
• Tompkins and Chesterfield Roads
• Palmer and Wynmor Roads
• 6 Lincoln Road
• 227 Madison Road

At 3:39 am on September 19 police got several calls about a possible transformer explosion at 26 Fenimore Road and found sparking wires but no fire. However, at 5:46 am a wire had fallen and was burning on the ground close to the sidewalk. Fenimore Road was closed between Oakstwain and Donellan and Con Edison was notified. A detour was set up and a portion of Fenimore Road was closed for the majority of the date while Con Edison made repairs. Later that day police received a complaint that drivers were going around the barricades.

Due to the repair on Fenimore Road, the traffic light at Walworth and Fenimore was not working and police were assigned to direct traffic there. In addition, the stop light was out at the intersection of Greenacres Avenue and Walworth and police delivered temporary stop signs to leave at the intersection. That light was not fixed until the following day.