A Bust and an Illicit Video: From the Scarsdale Police

Illicit Video Scam: A 25 year-old Graham Road man came to police on the night of June 7 to report that he was being blackmailed. A friend in France contacted him via the internet and told him to take a video of himself taking off his clothes and to "touch himself." He made the video and sent it to the friend in France. Soon after he received an email from someone he didn't know who told him to send $250.00 via Western Union to an address in Morocco or the video would be released to all the man's friends on Facebook and YouTube. The Scarsdale man believed that the French woman's email account was hacked. Police advised him to contact the woman in France to find out if her account had indeed been hacked and to ask her to delete the video.

Busted: Police found a 2014 Jeep Cherokee in the parking lot of the Scarsdale Pool at 10:30 pm on Friday night June 7 with three youths inside. They approached the car and spoke to the driver who identified himself as a resident of Leatherstocking Lane in Scarsdale. Police noticed the smell of burning marijuana and asked the man to exit the car. The driver admitted that they had just been smoking and that there was still marijuana in the car. Police found a glass jar with pot inside. The other passengers in the car were brothers from Cayuga Road. One admitted to smoking marijuana and handed the police a small glassine bag containing marijuana. Police arrested the 20-year-old driver and passengers and took them to police headquarters. The driver was booked, processed and released to his father on $100 bail and given an appearance ticket to return to court on June 12. He was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. The two Cayuga Road youths, who are 19 years-old brothers, were also charged with unlawful possession and released on $100 bail each to their parents. They are due to appear in court on June 12.

Elderly Driver: Theodore A. Gaskin, age 88 of Carthage Road, was driving north on Carthage Road at 5 pm on Tuesday June 4 and ran into a 2012 Mercedes Benz that was parked at 100 Carthage road. He said he was blinded by the sun and failed to see the parked car. According to the police report, both cars were heavily damaged. Gaskin refused an ambulance but said his wife would drive him to the hospital for an evaluation.

Missing Diamond Earrings: A Fenimore Road woman reported that a set of 1.4 carat diamond and white gold earrings valued at $27,500 were missing from the master bedroom of her home. She discovered the loss on May 17 and after a thorough search of the house filed the report with the police on June 7.

Pothole: A Fayette Road man ran over a large pothole on Weaver Street near Griffen Road at 10:30 pm on June 8th. The front tire was punctured and there was damage to the front wheel. At 11:15 pm that night, a driver from Darien CT ran into the same pothole and also punctured his tire and damaged his front wheel. The impact was severe enough to cause the airbags to deploy.

Car Break-ins: A Pelham Manor woman discovered that the front passenger window of her 2012 Buick was broken when the car was parked at Crossway on the afternoon of June 9 between 3:30 and 4:10 pm. A jacket and her purse that were in the back seat of the car were not taken. A second car, a 2009 Mercedes, was also vandalized when it was parked at the Scarsdale Pool Parking lot that same afternoon. The front passenger window was broken, but a purse containing cash and credit cards was left on the front seat.

Later Saturday afternoon a 2011 Mercedes Benz parked at the high school was vandalized while the owner was walking around the track. The rear driver's side window was broken but it appeared that the car had not been entered.

Paparazzi: The grandmother of Andrea Sanderlin's child called police at 5:30 pm on 6/4 to complain about news cameras outside the house and people from the press ringing the bell all day. Police came to the house at 193 Saxon Woods Road and asked Jennifer Cunningham and Norman Lono from the Daily News to respect the homeowners wishes and stay off the property.

On June 5, Black Birch Road residents called to complain that media trucks and personnel were in her driveway and "brushing against her shrubs." Police agreed to speak to the media though at the time, there were not causing a traffic hazard.

Turtles: Police got a call at 10:47 am on 6/7 about two large turtles in the road near the duck Pond on Heathcote Road. By the timepolice arrived the turtles were gone. Another large turtle was reported on Catherine Road at 4:30 on Saturday June 8. Police found the trule and helped it off the road. At 7:25 pm a third turtle was reported on Catherine Road and police moved it off the road.

An injured goose was spotted limping at library pond at 10 am on 6/5. Police called NYS Animal Rehabilitation and Lorraine Izzo picked up the injured goose.

Missing Boy: A worried Horseguard Lane mom called police at 7:50 pm on 6/5 when she could not find her five year-old son. The both was reported to be wearing a blue "Eli Manning jersey. Family and neighbors were checking the surrounding area while police searched inside the house. Soon after, at 8:15 pm, the woman's husband returned in the car and the five-year-old was found in the car.

Fight: Springdale Road residents called police around 6 pm on June 3rd. The mother said a fight with her son had gotten out of hand when he refused to pack his bags in time to catch a flight from JFK. Police spoke to the son who said that he was almost done packing but his mom kept interfering. While police were there, the taxi arrived and the boy headed off to the airport.

A Gaylor Road man called police on the morning of 6/4 when his neighbor's gardener left a bag of grass clippings on his lawn. The bag was removed.

Downed Tree: At 10 pm on June 6 a large section of a tree broke and fell from 74 Brown Road onto the property and two cars at 70 Brown Road. Power lines were also taken down. Con Edison was notified to deactivate the lines and caution tape was placed around the area.

Confused: Police got a call about an elderly woman in need of assistance on Fox Meadow Road on Sunday morning. They found the woman standing in front of her house. She identified herself and complained of pain in her right leg. She told police that she did not know where he husband was and appeared disoriented. Police checked inside the house and found her husband asleep inside. He told police that his wife suffers from dementia and said they had a doctor's appointment scheduled.

Dangerous Drivers: A Brambach Road resident called police at 10:45 on Sunday night 6/9 to say that two erratic drivers had gone through stop signs and come dangerously close to hitting them when they were out walking. Police found the two cars parked on Potter Road and issued a summons to one that was illegally parked.

Luciano Turchiano, age 20 of Yonkers, was stopped by police on Weaver Street near Griffen Road around 7 pm on June 6 when the police scanner revealed a suspended registration for the car due to five parking violations. Turchiano told police that the car was not his and he was unaware of the violations. Despite his claim, police removed the license plates from the car and had it towed to the owner's residence.

Car Running: At 7:46 am on 6/4, police were called when a BMW 5 was left running in the Christie Place garage. Police called the owner's wife who agreed to come to the garage and turn the car off.

Police got a call at 1:44 pm on 6/4 about college kids playing basketball at Greenacres School while school was in session. Police explained to the boys that they could not play during school hours and they left.

Hazard: Police received a complaint at 9 am on 6/5 about a television on Dell Road causing a hazard. Police found a TV face down in the street surrounded by broken glass and asked the sanitation department to pick it up.

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