Drunk Passenger Assaults Cabdriver, a Burglary and more from the Scarsdale Police

Arrest: Michael Carberry, age 23 of Stamford, CT was arrested for harassment after the driver of a NYC yellow cab reported that Carberry had hit him in the face. At 4:30 am on 12/29 the cabbie drove to Scarsdale after picking up three young men at 85th Street and Second Avenue and agreeing to take them to Scarsdale. When he arrived in Scarsdale he dropped off one young man and then went to the second address in Scarsdale where he got into an argument with Carberry because the driver refused to drive to Stamford. When police arrived, the driver's face was swollen and he had a cut on his thumb.

Police found Carberry hiding in the backyard of 17 Hamilton Road and he appeared to be drunk. They took him to headquarters where he was booked and called his father to post bail. Carberry was released on $100 cash bail and given a court date of 1/19/2013. Police also told Carberry's father than his son had made statements about suicide while in police custody.

Burglary: A home on Circle Road was entered during a snowstorm just before 2 pm on 12/29. It appeared that vandals entered the house by forcing off a storm window and breaking a window on a rear kitchen door. Following footprints in the snow, police were able to determine that the suspect had fled from Circle Road onto Overhill Road and then to Popham Road toward Scarsdale Village. A witness reported seeing someone on the backyard of the house around 1:45 pm and offered a description of the suspect. The homeowners returned and said they found one item missing from the master bedroom.

Going for the gold: Residents of Christie Place in Scarsdale reported the theft of $400 in cash, three gold bracelets valued at $6,000 and a $2,000 gold watch on December 30. The items were taken from a dresser cabinet in the master bedroom sometime between November 20 and December 30.

Vandalism: Around 4:30 pm on Christmas Eve, a 2011 Lexus, parked next to the tennis courts at Scarsdale High School was vandalized while the owner was exercising on the track. The passenger side window was smashed and a purse was stolen. She was advised to cancel her credit cards.

On 12/26 two road signs were pulled from the ground at Woodland and Oakwood Place and one of the signs was damaged.

Missing? A Troy Lane woman came to police headquarters on Christmas morning to report that a large serving platter was missing from her dining room. Police went to the house to examine what the woman thought were fingerprints on the glass of a breakfront cabinet. However, the fingerprints were just smudges from a cleaning substance. The woman is in the process of moving and admitted that she may have given the platter to her daughter.

Harassed: An Edgewood dad complained that a man was making comments to his children while they were playing in the playground on Rodney Road on Christmas afternoon. Police went to the park and found the man who said he was speaking to the children "because some parents don't know how to raise their kids." The man agreed to go home to avoid any problems.

Ike Okoli of Lockwood Road called police on the afternoon of 12/26 to report that his neighbors were yelling at him and calling him names from behind the fence. Police went to the neighbors' home and found no one at home. Police found the report to be "unfounded." Last week, Okoli was arrested for "criminal mischief," involving vandalism at his neighbor's home.

At 8:30 pm on 12/26 an elderly man who rents a room in a house on Dell Road complained of noise at the house and claimed that the landlord was harassing him. Police did not observe anything to back the man's claims.

Hungry cats: Fox Meadow residents who were out of town called police on the night of 12/27 to help their housekeeper get into their locked home to feed their cats. The Fire Department was able to get in through a rear sliding glass door without doing any damage.

Knock knock: The County Fire Patrol called police at 6:43 pm on 12/29 when a woman on Coralyn Road would not permit Con Edison to enter the house to investigate a gas leak. Police prevailed upon her to let the fire department and Con Ed inside.

Found: A gold man's wedding ring was found on Hampton Road between Ogden and Whig Roads on 12/24. The ring was turned over to the Scarsdale Police. A set of three keys was found at the intersection of Chase Road and Boniface Circle that same day and also turned over to the police.

From the Greenburgh Police: Thieves steal rims and tires in New Years spree:

On 12/31, Greenburgh Police reported that tires and rims were stolen off a 2012 Mercedez Benz that was parked in a garage at 500 South Central Avenue. The car was found propped up on paint cans. The missing wheels and rims were valued at approximately $7,000. When police were writing the report about the Mercedes, they found that tires and rims were removed from a 2012 Honda parked at the same garage.

In addition, four rims and tires were also removed from a 2011 Honda Accord parked on Fieldstone Circle in Hartsdale sometime between 12/29 and 12/31. When the owner returned to his car he found it sitting on two rocks. The missing tires and rims were valued at $1,500.