A Burglary, An Arrest and A Protest: The Police Report

Burglary: Old Lyme Road residents returned home around 6 PM on 1/18 and heard noises in the house. They quickly realized those sounds were footsteps from intruders in their house. When they heard someone coming downstairs the residents ran out through the garage and then heard a car drive off. A visiting uncle saw at least one white man drive off in a tan car towards Weaver Street. The vandals had entered through a door that leads to the garage and rummaged through most of the bedrooms. They kicked in a locked bedroom door to gain access and also went up to the attic. Though the victims have not put together a complete list of stolen items, jewelry was missing. The incident is being investigated by the Scarsdale Police.

Arrest: While on burglary patrol in Edgemont on Friday night 1/22, Greenburgh Police noted a suspicious car near Sheridan and Clayton Roads. The dark colored car had Connecticut plates and two men were sitting inside. Police watched the car and subsequently stopped it. One of the men in the car was found to have marijuana. The man, a twenty year-old Scarsdale resident, was arrested and charged with criminal possession of marijuana in the 4th degree. He was booked and given a court date to appear at the Town of Greenburgh Court on February 2nd.

Another Theft at LF: Three women came into LF, brought items into the dressing room to try on and left without buying anything at 4 pm on 1/23. When the store manager went into the dressing room, she noticed that a black tank top, valued at $78 was missing. Police did see the three ladies drive away in their car and will follow-up.

Protestors: A small group of anti-war protestors were holding a sign in front of Shaarei Tikvah Synagogue on the morning of 1/23. Police received a complaint and when they arrived, the protestors had already left.

Threatening Calls: A Wayside Road woman received three phone calls last week from a man who identified himself as “Mr. James.” He called her by her first name and told her that he had a package of $2.5 million dollars to deliver to her. When she replied that she was going to call the police the caller said, “I’m going to swipe your bank card and wipe you out, f*&@% you!”

Missing Computer: A Southwoods Lane woman reported that her MacBook laptop was taken out of her car on or about January 7, 2010.

Quiet Please: Residents from Brookby Road, Mohican Trail and Secor Road all called the police to complain about loud music coming from the direction of the Fenway Golf Club on Saturday night 1/23. Police went to the club where the manager explained that they were hosting a party with outdoor music and agreed to keep the music at an acceptable noise level. At midnight, the club ended the party.

Loud Customer: On Sunday morning1/24 an employee of Lulu’s called police to ask them to help her get a very loud customer to leave the bakery. The customer left without further ado.

Dog Hit: A White Plains man driving north on the Post Road on January 18th was unable to avoid a dog who ran into the road in front of 1183 Post Road. The dog’s owner was at home and ran out to get the dog and took him to the animal hospital. Since the dog was not on a leash the owner was issued a summons for a “Dog at Large.”

Cars Collide: A car driving south on Brite Avenue collided with a car going east on Olmstead Road at 8 am on 1/22. The driver on Olmstead Road failed to stop at the stop sign. John Cotter of Brite Avenue, was taken to White Plains Hospital.

Stuck: Early Monday morning 1/25 an 18-wheel tractor trailer got stuck on the median of Ardsley Road near Depot Place. Greenburgh Police arrived to direct traffic and help to move the trailer.

Identity Thefts:

An unknown man opened a Nordstrom account in the name of a Sheldrake Road resident and charged $1,800 of merchandise in Townsend, Maryland and another $1,800 at Nordstrom’s in McLean, Virginia. In addition, the Barney’s fraud department called the man to let him know that someone had attempted to open a Barney’s account using his personal information.

A similar complaint came in from a Franklin Road resident, also on 1/23. She received a call from Barclay’s bank to verify an application for instant credit that had been completed at an Apple store. Luckily the culprit provided the wrong birth date and the application was turned down. Next a loss prevention supervisor from Bloomingdales in Wayne, N.J. got in touch with her to say that a heavy-set black woman in her mid-twenties was attempting to purchase $3,000 in merchandise using a copy of the Scarsdale residents driver’s license, but no Bloomingdales charge. The imposter was detained at Bloomingdales until the Wayne, NJ police arrived to deal with her.

AT&T notified a Horseguard Road resident that she had an unpaid balance of $708 on an account that was opened in her name in September, 2006 and remained open for 2 and a half weeks. A Philadelphia address was given for the account. The victim had no idea who opened the account and accrued the charges.

Disputes:

An unhappy worker came to a Park Road house on 1/21 to complain that she was owed two days pay from the family. Police went to the home and were able to resolve the dispute.

An unknown caller reported a fight at the high school in the Brewster Road parking lot on the afternoon of 1/22. When police arrived they did find a group of students but all claimed that they had not seen a fight.