Home Robberies in Edgemont and Hartsdale

Greenburgh Police alerted residents on April 7 about four recent robberies in Edgemont and Hartsdale. They are asking anyone who has information on these burglaries to contact the Greenburgh Police Department Detective Division at 914-682-5392.

On the afternoon of March 29, an Evandale Road homeowner found that burglars had entered the home by climbing over the fence, and cutting a window screen and lock. The master bedroom was ransacked and jewelry was stolen.

A Fort Hill Road home was entered sometime between 3/27 and 3/29. The resident returned from vacation and found leaves and mud tracked on the floor and that his bed had been moved. The door from the deck was found to be unlocked. He later discovered that jewelry was missing.

On Maplewood Road in Hartsdale, a woman came home on the night of April 2 to find two black males wearing dark clothing in her hallway. When they saw her, they ran. It appears that they entered through a kitchen window. Nothing was taken from the house.

On Saturday 4/2, homeowners on Beechwood Road in Hartsdale found that suspects had broken a kitchen window screen and lock and entered their home. The bedroom and office were ransacked and jewelry valued at $5,000 and a food container was missing.

The burglaries above are similar to recent incidents in Greenacres, as suspects cut screens and broke window locks to enter homes there as well. The Greenburgh Crime Prevention Unit advises residents to keep doors and windows locked and to activate alarm systems. If you go on vacation they recommend that you ask a trusted friend or neighbor to check your house.

In other news from the Greenburgh Police: two 17 year-old New Rochelle boys were found to be spray painting graffiti under an I-287 overpass on Old Kensico Road on Monday afternoon 4/5. The boys parked their Mercury Mountaineer in a nearby driveway and spray painted the concrete. Police were alerted and caught the boys as they were driving away. Their car was impounded and they were placed in custody and taken to Greenburgh Police for booking.

Two Bronx women, detained for shoplifting a Marshalls on Central Avenue assaulted the security officer. When they were confronted on their way out of the store, they refused to stop. The security officer attempted to restrain them when one of the women punched the officer in the head and on the hand. The other woman picked up the stolen belt and struck the officer in the head with the belt. The incident occurred at 2 PM on 4/5 and police were called. The two women, Merlyn Cassandra Gumbs, age 37, and Zenniere Jahira Gumbs, age 19, were arrested for robbery and assault.