Nelson Road Home Entered While Residents Slept Upstairs

Nelson Road residents reported that overnight on May 30 – May 31 someone entered their home while they were asleep upstairs and stole items from the house. The suspect got into the house through an unlocked side kitchen door and stole numerous items from the house including an Apple iPad2 and a wallet from the victim's purse containing $400 in cash, debit/credit cards, membership cards and a lottery ticket.

Incident at Balduccis: A Black Birch Lane woman called police around 5 pm on May 30 when a man on line to pay at the cashier shoved her and yelled at her. The woman said that she was on line at Balduccis and the man in front of her refused to select a line to go on and wanted to wait to see which one was open first. At that point, she went around him to wait on one of the register lines and he shoved her and yelled at her. Police called the man at his home and he said he was wrong to yell and that the situation had gotten out of hand. He said that the employees of Balduccis had instructed him to make one line.

Stolen Leaf Blower: A leaf blower was stolen off a truck owned by the Scarsdale Schools Buildings and Grounds department on the morning of May 31. The employee had the leaf blower when he left the Middle School at 8:30 am. He stopped for coffee and when he arrived at Fox Meadow School the leaf blower, valued at $800, was gone.

Car Break-in: A 2010 Lexus, parked at Scarsdale High School was vandalized on the night of June 1. The driver left the car in the lot at 7:15 pm and when he returned at 10:20 pm he found that the rear passenger window was broken and his daughter's purse had been taken from the back seat. The brown leather clutch contained a wallet with credit cards, $100 in chase and id cards.

Sick Raccoons: A sick raccoon was found at the Scarsdale pool on the morning of May 29. It was gasping for air. A patrolman received permission to "dispatch" the animal and shot it. A second sick baby raccoon was found dragging itself in circles and covered in ants at the intersection of Heathcote and Sherbrooke Roads at 3 pm on May 30. Police also "dispatched" this raccoon with a bullet.

Police received a complaint about noise coming from the Fox Meadow School field at 1:20 am on May 30th. When they arrived they found three Eastchester men who said they were at the field with friends and denied using alcohol or drugs. Police issued each a summons for being present on the field after dusk.

Fight: Tunstall Road residents called police on the afternoon of June 1 when they got into an argument over the placement of an electronic dog fence. Police advised them to call the building department to locate the property line.

Harassed: On 5/28, an Old Lyme Road man called police to complain that he was being harassed by a White Plains woman who he had helped in the past. The woman was requesting more money and when he refused to provide it, she left eight messages on his answering machine – some of which were threatening. She called between 5/20 – 5/27.He said he would press charges if she did not stop. Police attempted to contact the woman but they were unable to reach her.

A Mamaroneck Road girl reported the receipt of harassing text messages. She told police she went out with a N.J. boy on two occasions and then received a text message telling her to stay away from him. The girl surmised that the text was sent by the boy's girlfriend.

Accidents: A Scarsdale School suburban van collided with a Ford truck owned by a tree service on May 31 at 8:30 am. The bus was going west on Mamaroneck Road while the truck was travelling east on Mamaroneck Road. Both drivers claimed that the other vehicle had crossed the double line and and caused the accident. No children were on the bus at the time f the accident.

On Sunday morning police received calls about injured cyclists on the Bronxx River Parkway. The first was taken to Westchester County Medical Center. The second report concerned a woman who had fallen off the bike, had a laceration on her face and was "possibly uncounscious." She was taken to White Plains Hospital.

Identity Theft: A Fox Meadow Road woman reported $340 in fraudulent purchases made on her American Express card on 5/29. The unauthorized transactions were made on April 26.

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