A Near Miss in Scarsdale Village and More from the Police

A 17 year-old Scarsdale driver was trying to pull her car out of a space on Spencer Place in Scarsdale Village around noon on August 21 when she put the car in drive instead of reverse, drove over the curb, onto the sidewalk and then struck a parking meter. The meter head and coin can flew off the top of the pole and just missed a woman who was sitting on a bench on the sidewalk. The woman who was sitting on the bench is an SHS grad who was visiting town. She sent us the following account of the accident:

"I would like to report an accident that occurred yesterday on Spencer Place, right outside of Häagen-Dazs ice cream store. A young girl attempted to pull out a of parking spot, but accidentally put the car in drive, bolted forward, knocking over the parking meter, causing the top of the meter to go flying toward me while I was seated on the park bench drinking coffee. The witness, a male seated next to me saw how close the flying meter came from splitting my head in two. He looked for a policeman, and I did the same. I tracked down a crossing guard and an ambulance. No one was hurt. Seriously, I could have been killed. Someone picked up the top of the meter and placed it next to the part closer to the car. I ended up consoling the driver -since she was so scared. She called her mom. The authorities stood around while I explained what happened. Finally my friends picked me up (I live in the city) and I left the scene."

Missing:

A Lexus, parked in a driveway of a home on Vernon Drive, disappeared overnight on August 22 – 23. When the owners awoke the following morning they discovered that the car was gone. At the time of the theft the car was locked and the keys were inside the house. Police questioned neighbors but no one had seen or heard anything unusual.

A Weber Grill, valued at $700 was stolen from a home o Church Lane sometime between August 21 and August 23.

Vandals:

A Nyack woman told police that her car was vandalized while she worked at Scarsdale High School on August 20. When she returned to the car after 2 pm she found that the front passenger window was broken.. A wallet containing $50 in cash, a Chase credit card and the woman's driver's license was missing.

On August 21, police discovered that a school bus and a car that belongs to the Scarsdale Board of Education were both damaged while they were parked near the Scarsdale Impound Lot on Ramsey Road. The front window of the school bus was shattered and the rear window of the station wagon was broken. A rock was found inside the station wagon and may have caused the damage which occurred sometime between July 1 and August 24.

Fraud:

On the afternoon of August 19, Lange's Deli received a call from someone posing as an employee of Con Edison. The caller claimed that Lange's Con Edison account was past due and said that if they did not receive $489.83 in thirty minutes the power to the store would be shut off. He asked that the funds be delivered via a Money Gram or in person to an address in Brooklyn. The owner of Lange's suspected foul play and did not transfer any money. He called back the number to verify and the man said, "it's only $400 and you should pay it."

Harassed:

A Penn Boulevard woman reported the receipt of disturbing phone calls between August 17 and 20. The calls were from a woman who said, "Sister, I am going to ask you nicely to stop calling or texting my husband; otherwise it's going to be between you and me." Verizon would not provide the woman with the phone numbers from which the calls were coming.

The father of a Brown Road girl came to police on August 24 to report that his daughter was receiving disturbing text messages from an unknown number. Police called the number but no one responded. However a few hours later they reached the owner of the phone. The texter said that he was a friend of the girl's and that the texts were intended to be a joke.

Fights:

Police were called to a Wayside Lane home at 5 pm on August 19 to mediate a dispute between a resident and a home health aide. The ad said she did not like the manner in which the man spoke to her and the resident said he was not happy with her services. The resident's son was called and he explained that the two of disagreements from time to time and resolve them quickly.

On August 22 around noon police went to a home on Innes road where a mother and daughter were feuding about the car keys. The mother was angry and concerned about the way her daughter would drive so she took away the car keys. The daughter needed to go to work and needed the keys back. Everyone then calmed down and the daughter was given the keys and left for work.

Disoriented:

The father of Fox Meadow Road residents was found on Garth Road on the morning of August 24. The man, who suffers from dementia, had gone for a walk, got lost and was unable to remember his son's address. Police found the man's family in Fox Meadow who said that they usually keep all the doors locked but may have left the door open that morning.

Police received a report of a man sleeping on a bench outside Sam Lehr Jewelers on Harwood Court in Scarsdale at 12:20 pm on August 19. They woke up the man who said he was from White Plains and told police he was diabetic and could not stay awake. He was treated by paramedics at the scene and refused additional help.

Animals:

A household employee on Cooper Road told police that two golden retrievers had damaged a flower bed on the property on August 20th. She believed the dogs belonged to Murray Hill Road residents who live behind the Cooper Road house.

A man from Woodland Place called police at 7:30 pm on August 19. He said he had been walking his dog on Autenreith Road when a large golden retriever ran toward his dog in an aggressive manner and may have tried to bite him. Police spoke to the owner of the retriever who explained that the dog is still a puppy and was trying to be friendly. Police told the owner of the retriever to keep the dog inside or on a leash.

A dog was found on the Heathcote Bypass at 8 pm on August 20. A passerby held the dog until police arrived, took custody of the dog and contact the New Rochelle Humane Society.

Arrests:

Luis G. Carranza Miranda, age 35 of White Plains was stopped by Scarsdale Police at 5;20 pm on August 19 after the scanner showed that the registration was suspended on the car due to failure to pay for insurance. He was stopped at Weaver Street near Manor Lane and police also found that Carranza Miranda did not have a valid license. The license plates were removed from the car and it was towed back to the man's home in White Plains. He was given summons for operating with a suspended registration, without a license and with no insurance.

Steven Gallegos, a hairstylist, age 42 from Tuckahoe was stopped by police on 8/22 due to a charge dating back to March 24, 2013. At that time he was stopped for speeding and identified himself as his brother, Christian M. Gallegos, because the driver, Steven, had a suspended license. On August 22 he was booked and fingerprinted and given a court appearance date of August 28.

Found:

A wallet was found in front of La Dentelliere on East Parkway in Scarsdale at 2 pm on August 21. Police found the owner of the wallet inside Zachys and returned it to her.

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