Another Week, Another Drunk Driver

For the third consecutive week, a woman has been arrested in Scarsdale for a DWI. At 8:30 pm on Thursday June 19th police were called about an erratic driver in a red convertible on Fox Meadow Road. They found the 2003 Chrysler red convertible parked on Fox Meadow Road with the engine running. Inside was Lisa Pierdiluca of Lee Road with two dogs. Police smelled alcohol on Pierdiluca's breath and she admitted to drinking and then reached over to the passenger side of the car and produced a 750 ml bottle of Jack Daniels Whiskey that was ¾ empty. Police asked her if she had drunk it all and she said "yes."

While police were speaking to her she appeared to fall asleep. She failed sobriety tests and had to sit on her bumper to take the Field Sobriety test. She was found to have a BAC of .21% and arrest for Aggravated DWI (.18 grams or more alcohol in blood) . Greenburgh Animal Control cam to take the dogs to the New Rochelle Humane Society and Pierdiluca was taken to the White Plains ER because she said she "wasn't feeling well." She was given a court date of Wednesday June 25.

Ike Okoli, age 26 of Lockwood Road was arrested for disobeying an order to stay away from his neighbor's home on June 16 after the neighbor found him standing on her property taking photos of her through her front window. She saw Okoli wearing a yellow shirt and taking photos through her window with a smart phone while standing in a flower bed under her dining room window. Police went to Okoli's home and he refused to come outside and speak to them. Speaking from a second floor window he said, My sister's dog ran away onto their property. I had to get him. It's not a crime to get my dog." Police later contacted Okoli's mother who brought him to headquarters where he was arrested for disobeying the order of protection. Judge Galloway released him on his own recognizance and gave him a court date of June 25.

Car flips into Bronx River: Two people were taken to the hospital Saturday morning 6-21 after they drove off the northbound Bronx River Parkway just south of Harney Road and their Honda overturned into the Bronx River. According to reports, two people who were walking on the path saw the accident and jumped into the river to get the driver and passenger out of the car. The water in the river was about 5 feet deep at the scene. The woman inside the car was in cardiac arrest and taken to Lawrence Hospital. The man had hypothermia and was taken to Westchester Medical Center. The Parkway was closed for hours while police investigated the accident and a tow truck pulled the car out of the water and up the riverbank.

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Marital Troubles: On June 16, a Cooper Road man told police that his wife was physically abusive and punched him in the shoulder and threw his laptop computer. The wife said she accidentally hit her husband's shoulder while moving a laptop computer from the backseat to the front seat of their car. After speaking to police both parties felt safe staying in the same house.

Missing Husband: On June 18 a Palmer Avenue woman reported that her husband was missing – however after speaking with her police determined that the man was not missing, he just did not want to speak to his wife. Police spoke to the man who said that earlier in the week he had a dispute with his wife and did not want to contact her. He then agreed to communicate with her.

Golf balls: On 6/17 a Sherbrooke Road woman complained that someone on a neighboring property was hitting golf balls on her property. She was concerned about her children's safety. Police spoke to the neighbor's son and he denied hitting golf balls.

Harassed: On 6/16 a Lee Road man complained that he was receiving unwanted phone calls from a woman responding to his ad on Craig's List for a house rental. The woman did not meet his financial requirements for the house rental but she called him repeatedly.

Fart Bomb: A Colby Road woman said that someone left something at her door on June 19th. Police went to the house and found a small baggie labeled "Fart Bomb" and disposed of it.

Stranger at the Door: A Montrose Road woman called at 2:20 am on June 21 when a woman rang her doorbell and said the police took her car and her purse. The woman was described as a white female, with brown hair and glasses, about 5'5" tall. Police found the woman at 4:47 am. She said she had been released from White Plains Hospital and wanted to go to Mt. Vernon. She had previously been arrested for DWAI Drugs, and Criminal Possession of a weapon and of marijuana in Harrison. Police took her to the shelter at Grace Church in White Plains.

Identity Thefts:

-On 6-17 a Secor Road man told police he was the victim of a Craig's List scam when he was selling his car. Someone attempted to defraud him of $800.

-A Gaylor man reported on 6-22 that someone had applied for credit cards in his name from Dick's Sporting Goods, Victoria's Secret, Pottery Barn, J Crew, Ann Taylor, Nordstorm, Toys R Us and T-Mobile. All the applications were denied.

Lost and Found:

-A Myrtledale Road man said that his wallet was stolen on 6/21 by a day laborer he had picked up on the Post Road to assist him with a job. The victim had a small bag on the console of his car that contained his wallet and $900. He left the bag unattended from 10 am to 1 pm. At 2 pm the laborer complained of stomach pain and asked to be taken back to where had was picked up. After the man was dropped off the victim realized the bag with his wallet and cash were gone. Also missing were his driver's license, professional license, social security car and credit cards.

- An Eastchester man found a gold ring with the engraving "BBK Forever as well as twelve Canadian coin on East Parkway on June 22. He turned them over to the police.

-A resident on North Chase Road found documentation in her backyard on 6/21 and turned them over to the police. It turned out that they belonged to residents on Stonehouse Road whose car had been entered in the spring of 2013.

-A Garth Road woman said that her purse was taken at DeCicco's Market at 2:40 pm on 6-22. However, when police went to the market they found that the woman had left her bag in the store, and employee had turned it in and police were able to give it back to the owner.

-A Tompkins Road man found a small white dog, possibly a Westy, on his property on the night of June 22. He turned the dog over to police who transported it to the New Rochelle Humane Society.

Traffic Violations:

Police stopped the drivers of several unregistered cars, gave summon's to the drivers and towed their cars:

-Michele Jasper-Brody of the Bronx was stopped for driving an unregistered car on 6/16

-Anthony B. Johnson of Bridgeport CT was stopped for driving without a license, for failing to wear a seatbelt and for driving a car with a suspended registration on June 17th.

-Y Slabodyanskaya of State Island was stopped for driving a car with a suspended registration due to parking violations on 6/18.

Get off the horn: Police gave a summons to a Scarsdale Taxi driver for making unnecessary noise on June 20 after he honked repeatedly and yelled outside his car window when the car in front of him was waiting for another car to back out of a parking space on Chase Road.

Animals:

-A Brewster Road woman called about a dead raccoon in her yard. Police put it in a box and put it on the side of the road for pick up.

-Cooper Road residents called police when a bat entered their home on the night of 6/17. Police caught the bat and took it out of the house.

-A white dog with no tags was found at a home on Brook Lane at 11:45 am on 6/21. Police secured the dog and it was picked up by the New Rochelle Humane Society.

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