Stolen cell phone, rocks thrown through windows and an injured deer

Stolen cell phone: A Meadow Road woman reported her daughter's cell phone was stolen while she was at Quaker Ridge School March 29. The girl takes her cell phone to school because she walks there and back every day. During school hours, the cell phone is left in an inside pocket of a door in a frequently travelled hallway. Patrol used a lost iPhone app to locate the phone's general vicinity, around Palmer Avenue. Police, the girl and her mother searched a wooded area along Palmer Avenue and Rock Creek Lane and eventually located the phone. It was not damaged.

Police shoot injured deer: On April 1, police shot a deer with a broken leg on Sheldrake Road. The deer was having difficult moving and almost ran into a construction worker on Willow Lane.

(From the Greeenburgh Police) At approximately noon on April 6, 2016 Greenbrugh Police got a call from the store owner at 247 Tarrytown Road (Prisco Appliances) who found what he believed to be a live hand grenade in the store. Greenburgh Patrol units were dispatched along with the Westchester County Bomb Squad. Traffic on Tarrytown Road (Rt 119) in front of the location was diverted in both directions. After the grenade was determined to be inert the area was deemed safe and opened to all traffic at 12:45.

Broken windows, locks
On March 28, a custodian at the Scarsdale Alternative School reported a broken windowpane on one of the front doors. Inside the doors, he found rocks, which were probably used to break the window.

On March 30, the front door latch of an abandoned River Road house was found damaged. The department of public works was notified for repair.

On April 2, the manager of Chase Bank on East Parkway reported a kid threw a rock through a window. An employee saw two kids, approximately seven years old each, throw the rocks. One of the kids was described as wearing a red shirt. After breaking he window, the kids ran north on East Parkway.

Identity theft
On March 30, someone fraudulently cashed a check against a Quentin Road woman's bank account.

Harassment
A caller suspected of being a former bakery employee called a village bakery and said "You're going to pay" before hanging up the phone April 3. The bakery manager said the ex-employee, who was fired in September 2015, has been calling and texting the bakery owners and management since he was fired. Patrol attempted to contact the former employee to advise him to stop communicating with bakery management and staff.

Unwanted calls
On April 3, a Cooper Road woman reported receiving unwanted calls from an unknown woman named "Geni." The calls were allegedly "annoying" rather than "threatening" in nature. The woman said she blocked the caller's number to prevent future calls.

Prank
On April 1, a Heathcote Road woman reported someone created an email address similar to her email address and used it to contact her daughter's lacrosse coach and a board member of the lacrosse league. In the fraudulent email, the person asked questions about the locations of games and a possible carpool system. Police also spoke with the lacrosse coach who forwarded all of the fraudulent emails to police. While investigating the incident, police learned that a friend's friend of one of the parties involved created the fake email address and sent emails as an April Fool's joke. The person who created the fake emails spoke with police and provided copies of the entire email exchange. The person told police the emails were in "poor judgment" and "foolish."

Reported suspicions
On March 28, a caller reported two suspicious males wearing hoods, one of whom who was also wearing a mask, travelling by foot toward village center. With the caller's assistance, police stopped the reported pair at Overlook and Whig roads. Investigation revealed the pair consisted of a white man and woman in their fifties. The woman stated she had an extreme sensitivity to sun, which required her to cover her mouth and nose and most of her face during the day.

Infants
A caller reported two infants alone in parked car in a Wilmot Road parking lot March 30. Before police arrived to investigate the babies' mother returned to her car and left the area. The manager of Season's Market said the mother had asked an employee to watch her children in the car while the mother did some shopping, which the employee did. Patrol spoke with the manager and they decided it would not be advisable to allow staff to supervise children in cars in the future.

Teens
A Kelwynne Road woman reported two teenagers were on her property March 31. They appeared to be looking for something in the bushes. When the woman called out to the teens, they said they "found it" and left. The woman said the found object appeared to be garbage. Police canvassed the area for the teens' car but did not find it.

Verification
Two men claiming to be from the Department of Treasury came to a Woods Lane house March 31. Police helped the woman verify that the name, number and address listed on the men's business cards were legitimate. The woman said she would follow up with them.

Assistance
Police stood by while a woman took custody of her three children, from her ex-husband's Edgewood house, as per the terms of her custody and access stipulation agreement March 29.
Police called a taxi for a man walking on Saxon Woods Road, trying to find his way back to Mount Vernon at 10:45 p.m., April 2.

Trees, wires
A tree fell on a Rock Creek Lane property March 28. Police notified the highway department to check if it was a village tree.
A tree fell on Oakwood Place, disrupting power to a traffic signal March 28. Patrol put up temporary stop signs pending repair.
On March 28, the highway department responded to fallen trees blocking Stonehouse Road.
Con Edison was notified about trees leaning on Heathcote Road power lines March 29.
Con Edison was notified about sparking power lines on Burgess Road March 29.
The highway department was notified about a split tree on Wayside Lane March 29.
A fallen tree was removed from Walworth and Greenacres avenues March 30.
Police removed a fallen branch from Greenacres Avenue and notified Con Edison about fallen wires in the area.

Wind gusts early Sunday morning caused many trees and wires to fall:
The highway department was notified about fallen trees on Eton, Brookby, Park, Sheldrake, Gatehouse and Lincoln roads and Church Lane April 3.
Con Edison was notified about trees leaning on wires on Griffen Avenue and sparking wires on Brown Road April 3.
Greenacres Avenue was closed because of fallen trees and electrical wires April 3. Firefighters, highway workers and Con Edison were dispatched to rectify the situation and ensure public safety.

Cars and roadways
Patrol called a tow truck for a disabled car on Popham Road March 29.
A stalled van was removed from Post Road March 30.
On March 31, patrol issued a parking summons to the owner of a parked car blocking Sage Terrace.
Police stood by a stalled car on Weaver Street until New Rochelle police and a tow service arrived April 1.
Police questioned the passengers of an parked car on Heathcote Road at 11:30 p.m., April 1. The passengers said they were talking before being dropped off at their house, which was on the street.
One car accident was reported in the village this week.

Animals
Patrol caught a loose dog and returned it to its Ogden Road owner March 31. While police were on scene, the dog got loose again and had to be chased and caught. Patrol issued the homeowner a summons for having a dog at large.
A Nelson Road woman caught a loose dog and called police April 2. Patrol identified the dog's owner and informed her about the dog's whereabouts. The owner arrived to pick up the dog.

Civil matter
A woman reported being harassed by a male co-worker March 29. The woman said a co-worker berated her a work and refused to teach her to color hair "because of her age." Police advised her that the matter was not criminal in nature, and therefore they would not be able to intervene. She was advised to speak with the management of the hair salon.

Lost and found
Patrol found the owner of cars keys found of Palmer Avenue and returned the keys to her March 30.
A woman reported losing a Prada wallet containing a driver's license in village center March 31. Approximately an hour later, the woman called headquarters to report she had found it at her mother's house.
On April 3, a Park Road woman reported losing a diamond necklace either in Scarsdale or during a recent trip to Arizona. The necklace consisted of a 3.02 carat round diamond on a white gold chain, appraised at $45,000. The woman was making the report for insurance purposes.

Village code
Teenagers were shouting in a Black Birch Lane backyard April 1. Patrol informed their parents about a noise complaint, and the teens went inside the house.
Police dispersed a large group of kids from Gorham Road around 11 p.m., April 1.

Firefighters
Firefighters stood by for Con Edison at the site of fallen trees and wires on Stonehouse, Burgess and Brown roads March 28 and 29.
Firefighters helped a Crossway resident change a smoke detector battery March 30.
After elevated gas levels were found in the sewer system on Post Road, firefighters and Con Edison workers checks houses and Village Hall for possible gas migration March 30. Con Edison stayed on scene to mitigate the situation.
A sewer cap in a Carstensen Road basement was secured after gas readings were found in the house March 30. Firefighters opened windows to ventilate the space.
An electric oven overheated in a Circle Road house April 2. Firefighters shut off the oven.
Firefighters closed unsafe roadways and stood by for Con Edison at the site of fallen trees and burning electrical wires on Church Lane, Greenacres Avenue and Heathcote and Brown roads April 3.
Firefighters moved a broken wire off the roadway on Boulevard April 3.
Firefighters stood by for Con Edison at the site of arcing and burning wires at Mamaroneck and Cooper roads April 3.

The highway department was notified about a fallen tree on Lincoln Road April 3.
This week, firefighters assisted at two car accidents on parkways. They responded to two false carbon monoxide alarms and 12 false fire alarms caused by device malfunction, an activated manual pull station, a plumber soldering pipes, shower steam, cooking smoke and fireplace smoke.

This report covering police and fire department activity from March 28 – April 3 was compiled from official information.

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