Arrests, Burglary and Mischief from the Scarsdale Police

Arrests: At 5:42 am on November 23, Zachary Simon, age 28, of Hastings drove his car into a telephone pole in front of 1 Walworth Avenue. He said something jumped out in front of his car causing him to "lose control and strike the pole." Police were stopped and told that there was a car in the middle of Fox Meadow Road and they searched the area and found Simon's car obstructing traffic on Walworth. They started to look for the driver and Simon walked over and said he had crashed. While police were speaking to him they noticed he was drunk. He failed sobriety tests and could not maintain his balance. He was transported to headquarters and found to have a BAC of .19% and charged with DWI.

A Hartsdale woman was stopped by police for texting while driving on East Parkway on the afternoon of November 23. A check of her license revealed it was suspended. She was given a summons for driving while using a portable electronic device and for unlicensed driving.

Burglary: A Harvest Drive home was entered on the afternoon of 11/23. The suspect shattered a glass door to the family room and went to the master bedroom where they tossed a dresser, nightstand and the closet. Jewelry and money were taken from the closet. Among the missing items were a watch, a gold necklace, gold and diamond hoop earrings and a bracelet together valued at $4,650. Police noticed that five light bulbs on the exterior of the house had been unscrewed. The home has an alarm which was not set at the time of the burglary.

Theft: At a construction site on Colonial Road, someone entered the garage and cut electrical wires sometime between 11/21 and 11/23. Damage was estimated at $1,000. A 50-foot spool of copper wire, valued at $300 and a Housqvana demo saw were also missing from the work site.

Tampering: A Rock Creek Lane woman reported a bizarre incident of computer tampering. She received a phone call on the afternoon of 11/24 from someone named Yanzzi who claimed to be from Microsoft. He said there was a problem with her computer and was able to access her computer remotely and show her which files were "infected." The call was then forwarded to another person who wanted her to send $20 via credit card to fix the problem. The woman said she would call back and took a phone number. The victim's son was home for the holiday and saw files being moved from the computer so he disconnected the computer from the internet and unplugged it. However, when he tried to turn it back on it was "password protected" and could not be unlocked. The son called back the number and asked if the computer was locked until he sent payment. The person on the other end gave conflicting answers but requested a $20 payment via credit card, or $200 via Western Union with an offer to refund $180. The victim's were not able to identify who was tampering with the computer.

Identity Theft: On 11/25 a Donellan Road woman reported the unauthorized use of her credit card. Someone used it to charge $8,000 worth of goods in Las Vegas in September.

Damage: Vandals damaged a fence on the Post Road at Taunton Road around 1:30 am on November 22. The Taunton Road homeowners heard banging toward the back of their property and then saw kids damaging the fence. They had already fled when the homeowner drove around to the Post Road to find them. Five sections of the fence as well as one post were damaged and the cost to repair it was estimated at $2,500. The homeowner hung up twine at the location of the missing fence because it was positioned in front of a 20-foot drop and he wanted to prevent people from falling. The homeowner reported that a similar incident occurred a month ago.

The garage window of a home on Kent Road was damaged at 12:30 am on 11/25. The residents heard a noise but did not find anything out of place. The next morning they found a 20 oz. can off wasp spray in the driveway. It appeared that someone had thrown the can at the window and damaged the frame.

On the Post Road, a large rock was thrown through a glass garage door window overnight on 11/24-11/25.

Mischief: A street sign and a stop sign were knocked over at the corner of Cohawney and Brewster Roads. The misplaced signs were found at 6:43 am on November 21.

On Mayflower Road, a homeowner reported that eggs were thrown at her house overnight on 11/19 -11/20.

Car Chase: A Heathcote man pursued a car that had attempted to enter the gates of his home on the afternoon of 11/24. At 1 pm he saw a black four-door sedan pull up to the automatic gate and though it opened, the car did not enter. Instead, the car backed up and waited to see if the gate would open again, which it did. The driver then backed up and went west on Heathcote Road. The resident got into his own car and pursued the car and caught up with it on the Post Road near Wayside Lane. The homeowner asked the three occupants of the car what they were doing and they said "visiting" and then drove away. The car was a 2012 Ford with Rhode Island license plates.

Missing: The owner of Courage B on Spencer Place called police to say that she received an email from her divorce attorney to say that the store's awning is missing. She co-owns the store with her husband and suspect that he removed it. Police attempted to reach the woman's husband but were unable to get in touch with him.

Found: A wallet belonging to a NYC woman was found on Garth Road at 6 pm on 11/22. Police contacted the owner and she picked it up.