Arrested and Harassed: Scarsdale Police Report

While many celebrated the advent of spring at Passover Seders this week, Mother Nature had ideas of her own. Scarsdale woke up on Wednesday morning to find a dusting of snow on spring flowers. Here's what the police reported this week:
Arrested: Ike Okoli, age 26, of Lockwood Road continued to have problems this week when he was arrested for making a false report to the police and criminal contempt. The arrest involved events that occurred between 12/12 and 4/14. Most recently, on March 13, Okoli said that that his neighbor's son beat him with a bat and punched him in the face at 5:50 pm that day. However in the course of telling police what happened, he changed his story, first saying it happened that day, then saying it happened a week ago. Police knocked on the neighbor's door and found that the son had not been home since early in the morning. The incident appeared to be unfounded.

Harassed: At 2 am on April 7 a 23 year-old Madison Road woman said that she had ben harassed on Facebook by a 21 year-old young woman from Scarsdale who threatened to "break her (the victim's) neck if she continued to talk to her boyfriend, and said she would "smash the victim's windshield with a crowbar." The victim shared recordings of the phone calls and screen shots of the postings on Facebook with the police. The victim did not wish to press charges. The victim was contacted again at 11 am that morning before police were able to contact the woman who was making the threats.

Found: Two money grams valued at $250 and $200 were found on East Parkway on April 7 and turned over to the police. Later in the afternoon the owner of the money grams came to police headquarters to claim them.

A BMW car key, found on East Parkway, was turned over to police on April 8. They contacted the BMW dealer who was able to identify the owner of the keys and police contacted the woman to come in to retrieve her keys.

Vandalism: A Mamaroneck Road woman reported that someone broke into her 2014 Mercedes while it was parked in her driveway overnight on April 7-8 and stole several items including two pair of sunglasses, each valued at $400, a wallet, a bottle of Don Julio tequila, $120 in cash and three credit cards. The car was unlocked when it was entered and was not damaged.

Theft: A 14 year-old boy who attends Scarsdale High School said that a pair of Beats Studio Headphones valued at $290 and his keys were stolen from his back pack which he left in the locker room during his gym class on April 9. When he returned an hour later the items were gone.

Stolen Bike: A Tuckahoe man reported that his Lamborghini bicycle, valued at $250 was stolen from the bike rack on Depot Place around 3 pm on April 12. The bike lock was cut and the bike was gone.

Dirty Water: Police received several calls about dirty water coming from the pipes on April 7. Residents were advised that the water department was flushing out the pipes which sometimes causes the water to be discolored.

Damage: A rock thrown over a backyard fence on Dobbs Terrace damaged the rear sliding door of a home on Brewster Road on April 12. Neighbors agreed to settle the matter privately.

A car parked in the parking lot next to Dean Field was damaged on April 7 when a baseball went through the car window and broke it.

A deliveryman backed his truck into a lamppost on Depot Place at 4 am on April 10. The driver made his delivery, attempted to move the lamppost and left the scene.

Dispute: The ex-husband of a Dickel Road woman called police on 4-13 when he could not get his car back from his son who had borrowed it. Police arrived and the son turned over the car.

Identity Theft: On April 8 a Sylvan Lane woman reported that someone had filed a fraudulent tax return using her identity.

Too big! A Herkimer Road man came to police headquarters on April 9 to tell police that he is concerned about homes that are being built on his street. He said that the "size of these homes is changing the old neighborhood," and that he and his neighbors wanted the police to be aware of this. Police told him to contact the building department.

No Ice Cream: A member of the Scarsdale Sustainability Committee reported that an ice cream truck that was idling at the Greenacres School at 3:15 on the afternoon of 4/11. The driver of the truck was advised that the truck was not permitted to park within 100' of the school for more than three minutes within 1 hour of dismissal time. So much for ice cream!

Overweight: Police stopped a truck that was hauling black top material on the Post Road on the afternoon of April 9 because the material was not covered as required by law. Police then determined that the truck was overloaded and took it to the sanitation department where it was weighed and found to be 5,600 lbs. overweight. The truck company was given multiple summons' for operating an overweight truck, not covering the cargo and an improper permit.

Unregistered Drivers: Several people were stopped and arrested for driving with suspended registrations this week. Police stopped Audrey Loveridge, age 57 of the Bronx, Timothy Doyle, age 57 of Scarsdale and Antonino Cannavo, age 53 of Yonkers for driving unregistered vehicles. Their cars were towed and they were issued summons.

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