Police Report: Suspect Enters IHM During School Hours and Steals Wallet

A staff member’s $100 Michael Kors wallet was stolen from her purse placed inside a closet at Immaculate Heart of Mary School while working Feb. 28. The wallet contained the staff member’s driver’s license, insurance card, $200 cash and at least two credit cards. Investigation has linked this theft with an unknown male suspect that reportedly entered the school on two separate occasions – Feb. 21 and Feb. 28. According to the police report, the suspect was inside the school for only a short period of time and then left without incident when he was discovered. The suspect reportedly has had no contact with students in the school. Police notified other Scarsdale schools as a precaution. According to detectives, the suspect may have possibly been the same man who entered a school in the jurisdiction of Eastchester without permission. The matter is currently under active investigation.

Stolen
On Feb. 28, the manager of 7-Eleven on Scarsdale Avenue reported that 15 scratch-off lottery tickets, valued at $500 combined, were stolen from his store during the previous overnight period. Surveillance video further recorded a man entering the store, talking to the employee and then reaching over the counter to steal the 15 tickets while the employee was away from the counter. The video also captured the suspect place the tickets into his pocket. The suspect was in the store for approximately 40 minutes. Police are investigating.

Identity theft, fraud
On Feb. 24, a Secor Road man reported two fraudulent Bank of America accounts were opened in his name earlier in February. The man informed employees at the local Bank Of America branch and closed the accounts.

On Feb. 25, a Drake Road man reported his TD Bank card had been lost in the recent past. Upon realizing the card had been lost, the man went to the local TD Bank branch to report the lost card. At that time, the man realized there were numerous fraudulent withdrawals from the card’s account, amounting to approximately $1,958.

An employee at the Chase Road U.S. Post Office reported a person presented a fraudulent money order and attempted to cash it using a fraudulent New Jersey driver’s license Feb. 27. When the suspect fled the scene, he left behind the fraudulent money order and driver’s license. A postal inspector is investigating the incident.

On Feb. 29, a Lincoln Road resident reported receiving six Priority Mail envelopes containing thousands of dollars worth of possibly fraudulent checks. One envelope had an unknown person listed as the addressee, and the other five envelopes listed the unknown person as the return address sender. The postal inspector was notified and will be investigating, according to the police incident report.

Help
On Feb. 24, a caller reported a verbal dispute between a man in a dark-colored SUV and a woman on foot near the Metro Diner on Scarsdale Avenue. They were both gone by the time police arrived.

A Colonial Road caller complained about a neighbor’s motion sensor lights shining into her windows at 1:30 a.m., Feb. 25.

Police and MTA police stood by while a possibly homeless man boarded a Metro North train at Scarsdale train station Feb. 25.

A Scarsdale Avenue employee received calls from an unknown person who stated he was “the brother” of the employee or another employee March 1. The unknown person said he was going to come to the location. Police stood by for several minutes, but no one came to the location. Police left the location but continued to monitor the location with ridebys.

Scofflaw
On Feb. 26, police spoke with the driver of a car with scofflaw status, parked on Chase Road. Police informed the driver that he owed $360 in unpaid parking tickets. The driver advised police he intended to promptly address the matter with Scarsdale Village Justice Court.

Cars and roadways
On Feb. 24, police removed a cable line from Crossway.
High winds blew a dumpster from the intersection of Popham and Overhill roads into the roadway Feb. 27. Police replaced it.

Police provided traffic control while Town of Mamaroneck police responded to a call about a fallen electrical wire on Griffen Avenue Feb. 27.
On Feb. 28, police notified the highway department about a dangling tree limb over Huntington Avenue.

A woman sitting inside a parked car near Potter Field told police she was “just hanging out” Feb. 28. She left when asked to leave.

Patrol moved a dead rabbit to the side of Drake Road and informed the highway department for pick up and disposal.

Civil matters
On Feb. 24, a Birchall Drive woman reported “unusual title activity” surrounding her property and her ex-husband. She was advised by her lawyer to report the matter.

On Feb. 25, a Springdale Road woman reported having a verbal dispute with her children’s nanny, prompting her to ask the nanny to leave her house on Feb. 13. After the nanny left, she texted the woman to say that she left the house keys in the mudroom and requested two weeks severance pay. The woman said she gave one week’s severance pay to her neighbor’s nanny, who is friend of the woman’s former nanny. The former nanny requested an additional week of severance pay, so the woman gave an additional $1,000, along with some clothing that former nanny had left in the house, to the neighbor’s nanny, to give to the woman’s former nanny. At that time, the woman texted her former nanny and asked for all communication to be stopped. The woman reported the incident to police as a precaution.

Noise
Responding to a noise complaint on Drake Road, police encountered a large group of noisy kids Feb. 29. Most members of the group dispersed when police arrived. The rest picked up trash left behind on the road and waited to be picked up by their parents while police stood by.

Animals
A coyote was reported on Sheldrake Road Feb. 25.

On Feb. 25, a Fairfield Road resident reported an unknown neighbor’s dog repeatedly defecates on her property.

After a neighbor complained about a barking dog on Palmer Avenue, police spoke with the owner’s visiting father and he brought the dog inside March 1.

Lost and found
On Feb. 25, a Drake Road man reported losing his UK resident permit card somewhere in the village.

A resident accidentally left a laptop in Village Hall and police assisted in returning the laptop to its owner Feb. 27.

A debit card was found on Depot Place Feb. 28. Police unsuccessfully attempted to notify the owner of the card. The card was vouchered as lost property at headquarters.

A paper Village of Scarsdale taxicab driver’s license and official photo ID card were found in the lobby of police headquarters and vouchered for safekeeping Feb. 28.

Firefighters
According to Fire Chief James Seymour, firefighters responded to 20 incidents during the reporting period. Seymour shared the following details.

On Feb. 24, firefighters found a ruptured gas line to the motor of a car that was found to be leaking gasoline in a Cohawney Road driveway. The advised the car’s owner to contact a mechanic and tow company.

On Feb. 24, while investigating an electrical burning odor in a Farragut Road house, firefighters found a defective light bulb had been placed in a light fixture socket.
On Feb. 26, firefighters extinguished a small rubbish fire at the corner of Cushman Road and Milford Drive.

Firefighters ventilated a Mamaroneck Road house after a cooking fire, contained to the oven, had been extinguished Feb. 26.

On Feb. 28, firefighters assisted Con Edison employees ventilate a Stonehouse Road house of natural gas accumulation following a leak.

This report covering police and fire department activity from Feb. 24 – March 1 has been compiled from official information.

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