Harassment, Robbery and Theft from the Scarsdale Police

A New Rochelle man was charged with petit larceny on February 3rd for the theft of four two-packs of Right Guard deodorant. Rudy Arcara, age 54, was spotted by store employees as he was leaving CVS on Popham Road with the merchandise. The store manager contacted the police and described the suspect. Police found the man running down Scarsdale Road and brought the store manager to the scene to identify the suspect. Arcara was brought to police headquarters where he was charged and released on $100 bail.

A disturbed woman has been harassing the staff at the Hoff Barthelson School, where her three children have been enrolled for the past eight years. The woman, who has a history of psychiatric problems went to the home of one of the music schoolteachers, sent disturbing emails and displayed troubling behavior. Blaming her problems on the school, the South Salem resident has repeatedly bothered school employees who have asked for police intervention.

Intruders entered a Spier Road home through an unlocked basement door on February 3rd. They tossed the bedroom and took jewelry, including diamond earrings, a watch, two gold necklaces, a bracelet, gold cufflinks and studs, together valued at over $12,000. They left the home via a sliding glass door in the kitchen and when police followed their footprints in the snow they found a black cloth case, two leather wallets and a pair of underwear. Following the footprints further into the woods behind the home, police found four bottles of wine that had been taken from the resident’s refrigerator. The homeowner said that the found underwear was not hers – so perhaps the vandals had been elsewhere as well.

A Sheldrake Road woman reported that an unknown person attempted to open a Best Buy Credit Card account using her social security number and birthday on January 20th. She did not know how the person had gotten access to her personal data and had all of her credit cards and her driver’s license in her possession. In another case of identity theft, a fraudulent Sears MasterCard account was opened in the name of a Madison Road resident on 12/28.

A handyman noticed that someone may have entered a Drake Road home, and he called police on February 4th. The house has been vacant since last January when a gas explosion destroyed the interior. The homeowner was called and it was determined that ServPro had been contracted to do some work on the house. Since they could not get in, they removed some plywood boards covering a window and entered the house. The front door was securely padlocked and Police concluded that everything was intact.

Concerned parents on Black Birch Road called Police at 1 am on 2/7 to say that their 16 year-old daughter was missing. They had dropped her off at a friend’s house in White Plains at 2:30 the previous afternoon and spoken to her at 11 pm when she claimed to be at the Galleria. They had not been able to reach her since that time. Police got in touch with the girl at 1:30 am and she had returned home.

A Dan Sitomer of White Plains man went to the Post Office in Scarsdale Village at 3 pm on 2/1 to say that he had a problem with his car that was parked on Chase Road. He subsequently left there saying that he had cleared up the issue, but later that same day he appeared at police headquarters to say that he was unsure of the location of his keys. He claimed to have been in an accident on 1/29 when his car was parked at CVS in Mamaroneck, but later stated that he drove it to Scarsdale Village on 1/30. Police advised him to retrace his steps and to contact White Plains Police and White Plains hospital in an effort to recover his keys. On February 4th Sitomer was also reported making an unwanted visit to his daughter’s home on Greendale Road.