Designer Purse Stolen from Meadow Road House in Middle of the Night

On May 14, a Meadow Road homeowner reported his house had been burglarized. A rear glass door had been shattered by a rock, which was found lying on the kitchen floor. The homeowner's grill cover was lying in the doorframe, apparently placed there by the perpetrator. The homeowner said he heard a "thump" in the middle of the night but did not get up to investigate. The homeowner's daughter said she heard "something falling" around 3:30 a.m., and the homeowner's wife said she thought she heard footsteps in the middle of the night but wasn't sure. A Louis Vuitton handbag was stolen from the kitchen. It contained a Louis Vuitton wallet, $400 cash, two pairs of glasses, a checkbook, driver's license and other miscellaneous items.

Missing Jewels
A white necklace with a silver charm was stolen from a display table in a Spencer Place store May 11. Video footage revealed a woman pick up the necklace, place it inside her bag and leave the store without paying for the necklace. The woman was described as approximately 5'4'' tall, with long brown hair, in her late 30s and wearing black leggings, a black top and sneakers. The necklace was valued at $300. Police are following up.

On May 13, a Ross road woman reported a 2.5 karat diamond ring was stolen from her house. She said she thinks the ring went missing sometime between May 10 and May 13. She provided police with a list of people who had access to the house during that time. Later, she called back and said she found the ring in one of her "hiding spots" in the house.

On May 14, a Walworth Avenue woman reported a $35,000 diamond ring was stolen from her house May 6. She said she noticed the ring was not where she left it May 6, and she has been looking for it ever since. Unable to find it, she told police she is certain it was stolen.

Fall
A person fell on the tracks at the Scarsdale Train Station May 13. Patrol and MetroNorth police assisted Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps and made sure the person was safe. The person complained of leg pain and was taken to White Plains Hospital Center for evaluation.

Left On The Road

A Bronx woman reported her son left her on Mamaroneck Road and drove away in their car after the two had an argument while driving on the Hutchinson River Parkway May 15. Patrol made sure the woman was safe and contacted Westchester County police to handle the incident.

Lost Wallet
On May 12, a Walworth Avenue woman reported someone stole her wallet after she accidentally left it on a MetroNorth train May 11. She knew the wallet was stolen because after reporting the loss to MetroNorth police, she discovered fraudulent charges made to her American Express credit card. Charges exceeding $2,000 were made at a White Plains Target store, a White Plains gas station and a White Plains McDonald's. In addition to the credit card, the wallet contained a few hundred dollars in cash, the woman's driver's license, health insurance cards, an employee ID and other personal documents.

Car break-ins
On May 14, a Hamilton Road woman reported her unlocked car was unlawfully entered overnight. Items were reportedly strewn around, but nothing was reported as missing.

Broken window
On May 12, a Wheelock Road woman reported the back window of a Kingston Road friend's 2012 Mercedes was broken while parked on Wheelock Road sometime between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. A purse inside the car was untouched, and there was no evidence of unlawful or attempted entry to the car. Police checked the area for landscapers, who possibly damaged the window by accident, but they did not find any.

Graffiti
On May 14, a Claremont Road resident reported graffiti was spray painted on her fence. It was green in color, as tall as the fence, and the writing could not be deciphered.

Scam
A Dunham Road man received a check from a person who wanted to buy an item he was selling on Craigslist. The check was written for three times more money than the selling price of the item. The alleged buyer asked the Dunham Road seller to cash the check and deposit the extra money into a bank account. The man realized it was a scam and notified police.

Domestic matters
A Quaker Ridge girl called her father for assistance in mediating a dispute the girl was having with her younger brother at home May 9. The father arrived at the house, entered it, spoke to the kids and calmed the situation. The mother, who lives in the house with the children, stated the father was not permitted to enter the house. According the report, an Order of Protection barring the father's presence inside the house had expired. At the mother's request, patrol informed the mother's lawyer about the incident.

On May 10, patrol stood by while a man retrieved his personal belongings and his dog from his mother's house, where she lives with her boyfriend. As per mutual agreement, the man was no longer welcome to live in the house. While he was gathering his belongings, the man's father arrived. He said he wanted to take his son to live with him in his house in Yonkers.

On May 15, a Tompkins Road man asked police to let his ex-wife know she was not welcome at his house. He called police when he saw her car parked in a nearby lot outside his house. Further investigation determined that the woman was there to drop off her daughter's book bag and pick up her son's baseball glove. She was waiting for her daughter to come out to her car to retrieve the book bag. The man advised the son's baseball glove was not at his house, and therefore she would not be able to pick it up.

Assistance
Police were called to assist Eastchester police with a man playing Russian roulette on White Plains Road May 11. The situation got resolved, and the man was taken into custody in another jurisdiction.

Threatening email
On May 9, a Marjory Lane woman received a concerning email stating someone wanted her dead. Since the email was worded very generally, the woman suspected it was spam. She nevertheless wanted to document it, in case she received future similar emails.

Child protective services
A child protective services agent requested a police escort to investigate a claim of child abuse at a Quaker Ridge house May 9. The claim came from a man and woman, in Georgia, who claimed to know the homeowner for three years through an internet chat room. The woman told police she believed a boy was inside the house and being mistreated. Patrol and the CPS agent knocked on the resident's front and rear doors, but no one answered. Patrol told the CPS agent that they had no prior knowledge of a child living in the house. On May 10, patrol and the CPS returned to the house. The homeowner denied the claims and stated there were not any children living in his house or visiting him. Patrol checked the house for possible children and did not find anything suspicious. The homeowner said the woman who made the CPS claim did so out of malice because the homeowner had refused to help her.

Ride home
Patrol gave a woman a ride home because her eyes were filled with mucus due to a recent allergic reaction to milk, from a milkshake, on Palmer Avenue May 6. Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps examined the woman and confirmed her vital signs were OK. She declined further medical attention.

Escort
Police escorted two women as they picked up merchandise from a Depot Place business May 10. They requested an escort because they were concerned there might be an altercation if they went into the store alone. Police stood by while the women retrieved their belongings.

Work ethic
Patrol issued a summons to Con Edison after noticing flagmen slacking off on a job site at Crane and Post Roads May 10. According to the report, one flagman was on his phone and leaning against a pole when he was supposed to instead be directing traffic around an active work site. The other flagman was reported to be holding a red flag but not using it to direct traffic. Patrol reprimanded the flaggers and issued the summons for failing to provide protection around an opening.

Request For Help
On May 13, a Coralyn Road woman reported a former landscaper knocked on her door, asking to be let in because "he was recently in a car accident." She felt it was suspicious and did not open the door. Eventually the man left. She thought it was odd that the former landscaper would come to her house following an accident, instead of calling police. She said she had fired the landscaping company the previous week.

Littering
A Nelson Road caller reported a group of kids in a gray car threw trash in the roadway May 13. Patrol contacted the registered owner of the car. She said her son was using the car, called him on his cell phone and instructed him to report to police headquarters. There the boy admitted that a friend threw a pizza box out the window. There was no indication the boys were intoxicated, as the caller alleged.

Suspicious Youths
On May 14, a Valley Road resident reported two teens wearing baseball caps parked a car on the street, got out and entered Red Maple Swamp with flashlights. Patrol found the youths, questioned them and released them.

Animal fight
A Black Birch Lane resident reported hearing strange noises in her driveway at 4:22 a.m. She said the noises sounded like "animals killing each other" and was afraid to leave her house. Patrol went to the house, but the alleged animals were no longer there.

Cars and roadways
On May 10, police placed flares around a car with two flat tires on Mamaroneck Road. It was deduced that the driver struck the curb.

After an Innes Road girl complained about a truck blocking egress from her driveway, a construction worker agreed to move his vehicle to a better location May 10.

Patrol issued a summons to the registered owner of a car parked in front of a fire hydrant on Boulevard May 11.

On May 12, police issued a summons to the registered owner of a car parked in front of a Walworth Avenue driveway.

Police notified Cablevision about a fallen wire on Lincoln Road and removed fallen branches from Heathcote Road May 13.

Patrol notified the water department about pooling water on Oxford Road May 14.

A car was partially blocking a Boulevard driveway May 14. Patrol contacted the registered owner, who promptly moved the car.

Ten car accidents were reported in the village this week.

Civil matter
The owner of a Palmer Avenue hair salon reported that two Eastchester women received hair treatments, and one left without paying May 10. One woman used a Groupon to pay for her service. The other woman left the salon, went to her car to ostensibly get her pocketbook and never returned. Patrol contacted the woman, who said she attempted to use the Groupon for both hair treatments. She also said she was very dissatisfied with the hair treatments and had a disagreement with the owner over the price. The owner disputed woman's statements about an alleged disagreement. Patrol informed both women the matter was a civil matter.

Village code
Police told a man selling magazines door-to-door on Putnam Road that he needed a permit to legally solicit in the village May 10.

Police removed an illegally posted advertisement for mosquito removal from Mamaroneck Road and issued a summons to the company May 15.

Microwave fire
Food being improperly heated inside a microwave in a classroom caught fire at Scarsdale Middle School May 9. A custodian extinguished the fire with a dry chemical fire extinguisher. The classroom was filled with smoke and chemical powder. Firefighters ventilated the space. Investigation determined a student had been using the microwave unsupervised during the lunch period. Firefighters noticed a mini refrigerator and the microwave were connected to the electrical outlet using a extension cord which required a three-prong outlet being connected with a two-prong adaptor. Firefighters removed all improper connections and cords and gave them to the custodian for disposal. According to students familiar with the scene, a boy had attempted to heat a prepackaged macaroni and cheese cup and forgot to add water to the dry ingredients, which resulted in the fire. No injuries were reported.

Firefighters
Gas was leaking from a Leatherstocking Lane pool heater valve May 9. Firefighters turned off the gas supply and stood by for Con Edison.

They advised a Ridgecrest North homeowner to replace a chirping battery in a carbon monoxide monitor May 9.

Elevated levels of carbon monoxide in a Penn Boulevard house were caused by the homeowner starting a classic car in his garage May 9. Firefighters ventilated the space, and the carbon monoxide levels returned to zero.

Firefighters notified Con Edison about a gas leak at a Drake Road house May 10.
They stood by for Con Edison at the site of a gas odor inside a Lockwood Road house May 10.
Smoke was coming from the control panel of an elevator inside Scarsdale Public Library May 13. Firefighters removed the control panel and noticed a backup battery was burning. They de-energized connections and disconnected the battery. The building was ventilated, and building managers were notified to repair the elevator.

A firefighter stretched his back during a training exercise May 13. He declined medical attention and continued the training exercise.

Firefighters extinguished a smoldering trashcan near Scarsdale train station on East Parkway with pressurized water May 13. The fire was most likely the result of discarded smoking material, firefighters said.

Firefighters ventilated a Tompkins Road house after exhaust from a car entered the house and activated a detector May 13.

Firefighters and police checked the welfare of an Overhill Road man at 2 a.m., May 14, after the man's son could not get inside the house. The son was concerned because his father was not answering the door.

On May 14, firefighters used pressurized water to extinguish a burning tire carcass on the Hutchinson River Parkway. The tire had most likely overheated and come off a car during a tire blowout incident. The car was no longer on the scene.

This week, firefighters responded to eight false fire alarms caused by device malfunction, cooking smoke, shower steam, construction dust and candle smoke.

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