Police Report: Homes Entered and Missing Cash

A Walworth Avenue home was entered by an unknown suspect at 5:40 pm on November 12th while a 13 year-old boy was home alone. The Scarsdale Middle School student was playing XBOX upstairs when he heard someone in the hall and assumed his Dad had come home from work. When he went out into the hall to say hello, he turned on the light and heard loud footsteps of someone descending the stairs and going out the back door. He went downstairs to see if anyone was still in the house and called the police and then his parents. When police arrived they found that the master bedroom had been rummaged. When the residents arrived home they found an open jewelry box but determined that nothing had been stolen. They were not sure if the door was locked when the suspect entered the house.

Also on Walworth Avenue on the afternoon of 11/6 someone entered a home by breaking a sunroom window. Items were moved around the house and $500 in cash was taken from a drawer. A jewelry box was removed from a drawer but nothing was missing.

Threats: A Fox Meadow Road man reported the receipt of threatening phone calls on November 2. He was called by someone with whom he is currently engaged in a dispute. The caller said, “you and your house will not survive the upcoming storm.” He received a similar call at his second home in Massachusetts and became concerned enough to report the threats to the police. In addition, a Greenacres Avenue man received a threatening call on the morning of 11/9. The caller claimed he knew the resident’s personal information and threatened to “investigate” his business.

On November 7, the security officer at Scarsdale Synagogue reported the receipt of a suspicious letter that included four pages of religious quotations. The letter was not threatening and police made an unsuccessful attempt to reach the sender who had a Brooklyn address

Stolen Generator: A two kilowatt generator, valued at $800, was stolen from the driveway of a home on Richbell Close on the evening of 11/5.

Found: At 6:40 am on 11/7, police found a black bag on the ground at the Girl Scout House parking lot on Wayside Lane. The bag contained a laptop computer, cash and some mail. Police tried to contact the owner of the bag but were unable to reach her so that bag was stored at Police Headquarters.

Lost: A Dolma Road woman lost a rose gold bracelet on November 3 while visiting a friend on Popham Road during the power outage.

Missing $35,000? A Boulevard man called police on the evening of 11/9 to say that he believed his daughter had entered his home and stolen $30,000 from his dresser drawers. He said that he wanted to discuss the matter with his son and then file a report with the police.

Storm Trouble: On the morning of 11/9 a Saxon Woods Road woman called police to say that she had “lost control of herself” due to the power outage. She said she called Con Edison many times and that they were doing nothing. She became very upset when she saw the trucks driving by her house and failing to stop to help her. She said she called 911 because she did not know what to do.

At 9 am on 11/10 Con Edison called the Scarsdale Police to say that a Mamaroneck Road man said he was going to connect the power line to his home himself! Con Ed told him not to but he was uncooperative. Police went to the house and the homeowner said he had asked Con Edison if he could hire an electrician to connect his line.

Help: Police were called to a Colvin Road home on the afternoon of 11/7 when a man who suffers from Alzheimers refused to get out of the car and return to the house. The man and his wife were staying in their unheated home throughout the storm and Detective Albano urged them to seek shelter in a nursing home but they refused to go.

Stranger at the Door: Just after midnight on 11/8, Berkeley Road residents called police when they found a stranger knocking on their door and an SUV parked in front. Police arrive and found the man getting into his car. He said he was going door to door asking to shovel snow. Police found that man did not have a NYS driver’s license and gave him a summons.

Errant Cat: On 11/8, residents from Crossway called police when they found a stray cat in the crawl space of their basement. Police provided them with the name of an animal trapper.