Thefts, Disagreements and a Dog Bite: From the Scarsdale Police

Thefts: An Elmsford woman reported that her wallet was stolen out of her purse while she was shopping at DeCiccos on East Parkway in Scarsdale on Tuesday afternoon 2/25. She had her purse in her shopping cart and turned away to select an item from the produce aisle. When she turned back her wallet was gone. The woman had just come from work and was sure she had her wallet with her when she entered the store. Missing along with the wallet were a credit card, a checkbook and $5.00.

Also at DeCiccos, a purse was found in the store's trash compactor on 2/25. The purse had been left in a shopping cart by a Madison Road woman on 2/21 who later realized she had lost it and returned to the store to look for it.. When she returned, the contents of her purse were found in the parking lot but the bag and $40 were missing. On 2/25, the bag was found in the compactor. The store reviewed a surveillance video and saw a maintenance man pushing the cart with the pocketbook toward the recycling bin – but the video did not reveal what happened to the purse afterwards.

A Taunton Road woman reported that items had been stolen from two cars parked at her home, sometime between January 24 and January 26. Both an Acura and Mercedes were entered and a set of golf clubs, sunglasses an Apple iTouch and two iPhone chargers were stolen.

A Catherine Road woman reported that a 2.67 emerald cut diamond ring set in a platinum band, valued at $18,000 had been stolen from her home sometime between December 31, 2012 and February 10, 2013.

On Bell Road, a bumper guard and a license plate were removed from a car parked in a driveway overnight on 2/27-2/28.

Missing Flute: A ten year-old boy left his Jupiter flute, valued at $1,200 on a counter outside a Heathcote School classroom before the spring break on February 15, 2013. When he returned to school on February 25 the flute was missing. The flute was rented from Ardsley Music.

Missing Visitor: A Brewster Road woman called police at 6:38 pm on 2/26 when she was unable to locate her aunt who was visiting from Canada. The woman was supposed to pick up her niece at Scarsdale High School at 2 pm but had a car accident and ended up at Stamford Hospital.

Missing Car: At the Shell Station in Scarsdale, the manager reported that an Avis rental car had not been returned. The Volkswagon was rented on January 15 by Emuobome Amrailbure of the Bronx, and was supposed to be returned on 1/22. However, the man failed to return the car and could not be reached.

Guns Surrendered: A Secor Road woman turned three guns over to the police for safekeeping on February 28. The guns belonged to her husband who had recently passed away. She had valid permits for the firearms.

Ouch: A Lincoln Road man came to police to report that he was bitten by a neighbor's dog while he was walking to the bus stop on Crossway on the morning of March 1. He was approached by two dogs and restrained the first one but a small dog came from behind him and bit his leg. The dogs' owner came out of the house and restrained both dogs. Though the bite was not large he reported it to the police as he was concerned about contracting rabies. The dog's owner was able to provide documentation to show that the dog's vaccinations were up to date.

Arrest: Edgar Flores, age 24 of Yorktown presented himself to Scarsdale Police in response to an active warrant on the evening of March 1. He had failed to appear at Village court for driving without a license and the judge issued a warrant. He was processed, released on $100 bail and given a court date of 3/13/13.

Found: At 8 pm on 2/26 police found a small brown pug with no tags on Brewster Road. Police put the dog into the car and brought him to headquarters where they were able to find the dog's owner from the "lost dog book." They returned the dog to Roman Rivas of White Plains and gave the man a summons.

Abuse? A woman who would not identify herself went to police at 10:30 pm on 2/26 to ask for help. She had a cut on her hand but would not explain how she got it. She asked for help taking a picture of the cut with the camera on her phone and said she could not stay because she had to go to work. She said that "her family bothers her" and that her husband has a girlfriend. Police provided her with emergency phone numbers and urged her to come back another time.

Disputes: On Lee Road police helped a concerned mother who was having a fight with her daughter at 9:30 pm on 2/27. The daughter refused to attend a court ordered program but after speaking to police she agreed to go.

Also on Lee Road at 7:30 am on 2/28, police went to a home after a 13 year-old refused to go to school. Police were able to convince the girl to attend. On the morning of March 2nd, a Ferncliff Road boy dialed 911 because he did not want to attend his German class. Police spoke to the boy about dialing 911 in a non-emergency situation.

At 5:40 am on March 4, a 12 year-old from Sycamore Road called police to say that she heard breaking glass downstairs. When police arrived the girl's mother said that her daughter had watched a scary movie the previous night and was spooked.

Fire: At 5:20 pm on 3/1 police got a report of a fire set on Hyatt Field. A good Samaritan had put the fire out by the time police arrived and reported that he saw kids start the fire and chased them away.

CO2 leak: On the afternoon of 2/27 police and fire got a call about a CO2 leak at Scarsdale Art and Frame on Christie Place. The fire department called an ambulance but the store employees refused medical attention.