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Published: 02 May 2011

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Arrest: On the afternoon of May 1, an employee of Dunkin Donuts on Depot Place called about a suspicious man who said he was wanted by the police and asked to use a telephone. The man appeared to have stolen property with the security tags intact. Police asked the man where he got the property and he claimed that he had purchased it at Sears in the Bronx. Police took the man and the items to headquarters where they contacted Sears, read them the serial numbers on the items and determined that they were stolen. The suspect was identified as Michael Miller, age 32 of the Bronx. He was charged with criminal possession of stolen property and since he was unable to post bail he was remanded to the Westchester County Jail.

Vandals: On Brambach Road someone ripped down sections of a fence in a front yard ripped out the tulips and put the flowers in the mailbox. The incident occurred overnight from 4/27-4/28. The residents suspect that the damage may be the work of some former friend’s of their daughters who have been harassing her via text messages and threatening the girl with their car.

A bike valued at $350 was stolen from the bike rack on East Parkway on 4/25. The lock was cut. The bike belonged to a DeCicco’s employee. Another bicycle that belonged to a Berwick Road man was stolen from the same bike rack on 4/27. The red 24-speed bicycle was valued at $400.

A rock was thrown through the rear window of a 2010 Mercedes when it was parked at a Secor Road home at 1 am on 4/28. The son of the homeowner heard the sound of breaking glass, looked out the window and saw a car driving away.

A 2010 Acura was keyed when it was parked in the driveway of a Post Road home in the early morning hours of 4/28. Also sometime overnight from 4/27-4/28, two cars parked on Brookby Road were damaged. A 2011 Mercedes was keyed and a swastika was scratched into the passenger side door of a 2008 Acura.

Two iPods were stolen from the center console of a car parked on Leatherstocking Lane over night on April 30th.

Shortly thereafter, at 11 am on 4/27 two people came to a Colvin Road home requesting a deaf interpreter. Police tracked the solicitors down who claimed they were soliciting on behalf of the Jehovah’s witnesses.

A man and a woman in a blue BMW were reported to be going into driveways on Birchall Road and looking into house windows on the morning of 4/28. When asked what they were doing, they claimed to be looking for Beyonce’s house.

A Boulevard resident called police at 3:30 am on 5/1 when he heard someone trying to get into his house through his rear door. His neighbor’s motion sensor light was also activated. Police were unable to find the prowler.

Disputes: A man with a malfunctioning car attempted to leave it on the property of Quaker Ridge School and got into a dispute with the school custodian on the morning of April 27. Ultimately the custodian agreed to let the man leave the car at the school temporarily.

A Bedford woman asked police to assist her when she was picking up mail from her parents home on Vanderbilt Road on April 25th. She wished to avoid conflict with her sister in law who was at the residence.

The landlord of a home on 52 Sprague Road tried to gain access to the house on the afternoon of 4/27, but the tenant did not want to let him in. The landlord claimed he was there to check on a water leak, however the tenant said that she had already fixed it. Police did not let the man enter the home and suggested that he call ahead to make an appointment with the tenant.

A distressed mason came to police headquarters on the afternoon of 4/27. He had been thrown off a job at 53 Paddington Road and was not paid for his work. He wanted to go to retrieve his equipment and asked the police to accompany him. Police told the man to make an appointment to meet the general contractor at the site and police agreed to go with him to get his belongings.

A Windmill Lane woman called police on the morning of 4/28 when water from construction at 65 Greendale Road was draining into her yard and causing flooding. Police notified the water department who said that the flow was ground water and therefore was not their responsibility.

A distraught New Rochelle woman called police on the evening of 4/29 to help her locate her daughter. The mother and her 15 year-old daughter had been shopping at DeCicco’s when the two got into an argument. The mom told the girl to wait outside in the car. However, after the mother finished her shopping she went to the car and her daughter was not there. She spent an hour looking all over the Village for her daughter but was unable to find her. While the police were talking to the mother, a passerby said that the girl might possibly be hiding in the back of Haagen Dazs. Police checked the store, found the girl and advised the mother to follow-up with the New Rochelle High School Counseling Office.

Help: Scarsdale Police assisted Westchester County Police in removing an erratic passenger from a B-line bus on the morning of April 26th. The passenger, a Tuckahoe Man, was removed from the bus when it was stopped at the Post Road and Crane Road and he was taken to White Plains Hospital.

A Greenacres boy repeatedly called police on 4/29, saying, “Aliens are coming to get him.” Police contacted the boy’s father who said that his son sometimes had delusional thoughts. Police asked the boy only to contact them in cases where he clearly needs help.

Animals: A dead cat was found at the intersection of Fox Meadow and Crane Roads on the morning of April 26th. A coyote was reported on the Heathcote Bypass at 12-noon o 4/29.

Party: Police found a group of partiers on the old Marx Estate at 15 Gatehouse Road shortly after midnight on April 30th. The estate is vacant and abandoned. No damage had been done and police told the trespassers to keep off the property.

Accidents: A school bus struck a light pole at Scarsdale High School on the afternoon of 4/29 and damaged the pole. No passengers were on the bus at the time.

A Quaker Ridge man driving a suburban hit a cyclist from Larchmont on the afternoon of May 1, when the cyclist failed to yield at the stop sign at Stratton and Franklin Roads. The cyclist was taken to White Plains Hospital.

A Garth Road woman left her wallet at 7-Eleven on Garth Road when she made some purchases on the afternoon of April 11. When she returned two hours later her wallet was gone.

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Published: 09 May 2011

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Drunk drivers: A four car collision on Weaver Street at Quaker Ridge Road lead to the arrest of a drunk driver on the night of May 6th. New Rochelle Police, Mamaroneck Police, Scarsdale Police, the New Rochelle Fire Department and SVAC all responded to the accident and found that the man who caused the accident was drunk. He was identified as Howard Clark, Vice Chairman of Barclay Capital, Inc. and a resident of Greenwich, CT. Clark admitted that he had two glasses of wine while dining at a Larchmont Country Club. En route to his home, he claimed that he was daydreaming. Before he could be administered any tests he was taken to White Plains Hospital where he was evaluated and released. He then submitted to an alco-sensor test and was found to have a BAC of .24%. He was taken to Scarsdale police headquarters where he was booked, processed and released on $250 bail.

Police made a second arrest of a drunk driver after the man drove his 2010 Chrysler Town and Country into a telephone pole on the Post Road at 7 PM on May 7th. Police found the driver, Willie Thomas of Mount Vernon talking on a cell phone on the side of the road after the accident in which he did extensive damage to the front side of his car and a right front tire. While talking to Thomas, police realized he was drunk and Thomas admitted to drinking two beers and two shots of Gray Goose earlier in the day. Thomas also claimed that he did not know how his car left the road, struck the pole or why he was in Scarsdale. Though he had been driving north, he said he was going home to Mount Vernon. He failed the sobriety tests and was handcuffed and taken to headquarters. An empty beer can was found in the car and Thomas had a BAC of .13%. He was released to his daughter on $100 cash bail and given a court appearance date.

Intruder Arrested: A prowler entered the back door of a Walworth Avenue home on Saturday morning May 7th while the resident was at home. The homeowner screamed and ordered the man to leave, but instead he walked toward her. She managed to get out of the house and he followed and walked off. She called police who searched the area and found him sitting on a stonewall on Walworth Avenue and Gilmore Court in Greenacres. He claimed that he had no identification and said he was looking for work. He then admitted to entering a home down the street through a rear door.

Police brought the suspect to the home and the resident identified him as the man who had come into her house. He was arrested, handcuffed and searched. He was identified as Alvaro Gonzalez, age 46 of 41 Prospect Street, White Plains. Gonzalez said he was being treated for diabetes and police called SVAC who found that the suspect had a very high blood sugar level. While being checked out at White Plains Hospital, Gonzales was released on $100 cash bail and given a court appearance date.

Car break-ins: On 5/6 at SHS, a Catherine Road woman returned to her parked car from a tennis lesson at the courts on Wayside Lane and found the passenger side window of her Chevy Tahoe broken. Her handbag, containing credit cards and $3, which she had left on the passenger’s seat was missing.

Also on the morning of May 6, a 2010 Jeep Wrangler, parked at Crossway Field lot next to the tennis courts was vandalized. The passenger side window was broken and the owner’s purse was taken. The bag contained cash, credit cards, a driver’s license, digital camera, sunglasses and make-up.

Identity Theft: On 5/2 a Kelwynne Road woman reported that over $6,000 in fraudulent charges had been made to the family’s Citibank card from March – November, 2010. The woman thought the charges had been made by her husband but later realized that all the charges which were for purchases made in Texas were fraudulent.

An Oak Lane woman received her credit report and found that someone had used her name and social security number to open an account at Verizon Wireless in Las Vegas in 2010. The bills for the account, totaling $573 were sent to a Las Vegas address and never paid. The report was made to police on 5/2.

A Foxhall Road man who had reported identity theft in March, 2011 found that someone had opened a Con Edison account in his name for service at a Bronx address. The Scarsdale man received a bill for service and brought it to police on May 3rd.

Worried: A Maryland man called police to check on his sister who lives on Nelson Road. The man had called numerous times but the woman had not picked up the phone. Police went to the house, knocked on the door but got no answer. Neighbors had not seen the woman and the grass had not been mowed. Accompanied by police, the man entered the house with a key and found his sister on the second floor. She said she refused to pick up the phone when family members called and did not realize the police were knocking on the door.

Bike thefts: A Cannondale Mountain bike valued at $200 was stolen from the bike rack on East Parkway in Scarsdale on May 2nd. The owner, a man from Jefferson Road found his bike lock cut and his bicycle gone. A bike parked outside an Oak Lane home was stolen as well. The purple Motobecane bike, valued at $349.95 disappeared when the residents were away between 4/15 and 4/28.

Accidents: On the afternoon of May 4th, the 78 year-old driver of a 2010 Lexus lost control of his car and had a head on collision with a Stratton Road woman, also driving a Lexus in the opposite direction on Heathcote Road. Both drivers were taken to Westchester Medical Center.

Also on Heathcote Road on May 4 a Scarsdale police car, driven by a Scarsdale policeman skidded on wet pavement. The rear end of the car spun out and hit a car driven by a Saxon Woods Road man. No injuries were reported.

On May 8th, an unknown driver drove onto Aspen Park and damaged the field.

On 5/5, the manager of HSBC Bank in Scarsdale called police when an elderly woman who appeared impaired was going to drive her car home. Police arrived and determined that the woman should not drive. She agreed to walk home and pick up her car the next day.

Police received a complaint about a barricade in the road on Rock Creek Lane on the morning of 5/4. When they went to investigate a homeowner explained that she put the workhorse in the road to slow down cars that speed past her house and to prevent cars from passing the school bus that stops to pick up her children. The woman was told that she is not permitted to barricade the road and she agreed to remove it.

Lost: A Franklin Road woman reported that she lost her diamond ring on the morning of May 5 in Scarsdale. The octagon shaped 1.5 carat diamond was set in a white gold band.

Found: A Greenacres Avenue man found a small tan and white dog that looked like a Shitzu in the street on the afternoon of 5/8. Police picked up the dog, brought it to headquarters and since no one had reported a lost dog it was taken to the New Rochelle Humane Society. Later than night, a Berkeley Road man called to inquire about his missing dog and was referred to the Humane Society.

Coyotes: Gaylor Road residents spotted a coyote in their yard at 6:30 pm on 5/2. On Rock Creek Lane a coyote was reported on 5/5 at 6 pm.

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Busted: On Tuesday morning May 10 police stopped a man driving a Honda after he made an illegal left turn from Jackson Avenue onto Fort Hill Road in Scarsdale. They noticed the smell of marijuana in the car and the driver admitted that he had drugs with him. He was handcuffed and taken to headquarters. When police searched the car, they found two large zip lock bags of marijuana and 28 smaller baggies each with over an ounce inside. Also found was a scale. The driver was identified as 23 year-old Michael Ferraro of Park Hill Avenue in Yonkers, who works as a caddie at the Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison. He was arrested for possession of marijuana.

Theft: On the afternoon of May 2, a store security guard caught three young woman stealing merchandise at TJ Maxx in Hartsdale. The guard saw two women place merchandise in a bag and leave the store. He followed them outside and caught one of the women with $213.94 of stolen items in her bag. Though the other two women fled, Corinne Pink, age 18 of Pushkill, PA was taken into custody by Greenburgh Police and charged with petit larceny.

An employee of Morton Williams reported that her jacket and car keys were stolen while she was at work on May 4th.

A Clarendon Road man (Scarsdale) reported that two women stole $500 in jewelry from a tag sale he ran last November.

Fight: On 5/3 a woman who lives on Washington Avenue in Hartsdale reported a fight with a woman in a neighboring apartment. The two were at odds about some property. The victim reported that her neighbor yelled, screamed and banged on her door with gardening tools.

Asleep: A 24 year-old Yonkers man was found asleep under a bench at the bus stop at 200 North Central Avenue at 2:00 am on 5/4. Police checked on the man who said he had no way to get home and was resting before he walked to Yonkers. Police called the man’s mother who picked him up

Dumped: 15 tires were illegally dumped in the parking lot behind Marshalls on May 5th.

DWI: Lillian Marquez-Alberto, age 39 of Hartsdale was arrested for driving under the influence at 2:50 am on May 6th at the intersection of West Hartsdale and Central Avenues. She was stopped for a traffic violation and admitted to drinking two margaritas in Yonkers.

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An employee of a Yonker’s appliance repair service was charged with grand larceny and unlawful possession of personal identification after an investigation of a complaint from a Scarsdale man dating back to September 30, 2010.

A that time, a Scarsdale resident found fraudulent charges on his debit card after he had used the card to pay for repairs made by the Yonkers service. An investigation by Detective Rodriguez from the Scarsdale Police Department revealed that Ann Marie V. Cherry, who was employed at the company had used the man’s debit card.

According to a press release from the Scarsdale Police, “The investigation involved the examination of credit card transactions, merchant documents, telephone and cell phone records, and required numerous interviews with witnesses, suspects and other involved individuals in Westchester County and New York City.”

Ms. Cherry was arrested on April 26, 2011 and Scarsdale Police also have an arrest warrant for another suspect who made fraudulent purchases on the card, using the victims credit and personal information. Ms. Cherry was released on her own recognizance and given an April 27th court date.

In their second arrest this week, Scarsdale Police nabbed a 35 year-old Levittown man who preyed on an elderly Greenacres woman in late March. Claiming that he made repairs to the woman’s Kingston Road home, he drove the 92-year woman to the bank and had her withdraw $2,400 as payment.

When a companion came to the home later, she found the bank receipt and asked the elderly woman wit whom she had gone to the bank and why. The Greenacres woman was unable to recall the circumstances or what she had done with the funds.

However, the transaction was captured on video tape at the bank branch and photos of the suspect were distributed to Police Departments throughout Westchester County. On April 26th Scarsdale Detectives Albano and Rodriguez saw the man driving on Post Road. They stopped him in his car and identified him as the man in the video. Jon Musella, age 35 was placed under arrest and subsequently made a statement admitting that he was involved in the incident.

At his arraignment in Scarsdale court he was remanded to Westchester County Jail without bail.

Burglary: A home on Meadow Road was entered sometime during the day on April 19th. When the resident returned home at 5:20 pm he found that someone had pried open the door that leads to the kitchen. Coats and jewelry, valued at $18,000 were missing. The home is for sale and two days before two women had come to the door inquiring about the house. The resident let them in and showed them around. The homeowner suspects that the two women may have been involved in the burglary.

In another case involving suspicious homebuyers, an agent from Houlihan Lawrence called police on 4/22 when someone she took to see a Greenacres Avenue home acted strangely. The person who she took to look at the home identified himself as Eugene Segall but when the agent sent Segall a follow-up email she received a response from a man named Segall who had not contacted her about looking at a home. She realized that the potential buyer had supplied false identification. The homebuyers were described as a Hispanic couple driving a Hyundai or Toyota.

When the agent returned to the home the next morning, the key was missing from the lock box and it is unclear if another agent had it or if it was stolen.

Thieves: A woman who lives on Crossway parked her car at Scarsdale High School while she ran on the track on the afternoon of April 21st. When she returned to her 2009 Lexus, she found that the front passenger window was broken and later discovered that her wallet was missing as well as her credit cards.

On the night of April 24th, a Thornwood Place woman saw a man looking through her husband’s car which was parked at the house. She startled the intruder by knocking on the window of her house and he fled into his car and drove toward Black Birch Lane. The residents provided a limited description of the suspect and believe that others were in the getaway car as well.

A Trek bicycle, valued at $450 was stolen out of a Popham Road garage, sometime during the week of 4/15-4/21. The residents went away and inadvertently left the garage unlocked.

Harassed: A Webster Road woman complained that a friend who lives in Virginia was sending her harassing messages on her cell phone. Police contacted the man who apologized and agreed to stop contacting the woman.

On 4/24 a Brewster Road man complained of harassment from someone who had wanted to purchase his car. The Scarsdale man had accepted a down payment of $500 in cash for the car but wanted to return the money. The potential buyer was refusing to accept the refund and insisting he be sold the car.

Damage: An employee of a local business parked his 2010 Mazda at the Freightway Garage on the morning of April 15. When he returned to the car at 5:30 pm that same day he found a scratch on the left rear panel and door. Since he had a disagreement with someone at work, he suspected they may have done the damage. However the surveillance camera did not show any activity near the man’s car that day.

On the morning of 4/18 a Haverford Road man called to complain that his mailbox had been knocked over. The man believes that the newspaper deliveryman is to blame. Police called the newspaper carriers to inquire.

A Vernon Road resident complained on 4/19 that construction vehicles from a neighboring home were driving over her property and damaging her lawn. One of the workers said he would tell the contractor about the problem.

Falling Poles and Trees: A damaged utility pole in front of Hitchcock Church was found leaning on another pole on the morning of 4/20. Verizon was contacted to repair it. A large tree fell across Birchall Road and was reported on the morning of 4/21. Police called the highway department.

Missing: A Meadow Road woman came to police to report that she lost her gold tennis bracelet in Scarsdale between April 20 – 22. The bracelet is valued at $2,500.

Kids: At 10 pm on Saturday night police received a complaint about noisy kids congregating behind Quaker Ridge School. Police stopped two kids and had their parents pick them up. Loud kids were also reported in Correll Park at 10:30 pm on 4/23 and police asked them to leave the area.

Animals: A Quentin Road resident spotted a coyote in the neighborhood on 4/18. At 11 am on April 24, a cat got stuck in the soccer net at Quaker Ridge School. Police were able to free it.

From the Greenburgh Police - Trouble for Realtors

In another incident involving thefts at homes that are for sale, on 4/23 a Glenwood Road woman reported that over $5,000 in jewelry was missing from her home. The homeowner told police that realtors held an open house there on April 10th and she later realized that her jewelry was missing.

Furthermore, an agent from Remax agreed to show two men an apartment on Alexander Avenue in Hartsdale that was available for rent on 4/22. The two men only identified themselves as Robert and Kyle and refused to sign the disclosure form. Once inside the apartment they accused the agent of scamming them, claimed the price was too high and said they were going to report her to the Yonkers Police. The next day the agent received a phone message from “Robert” again claiming that he was reporting her to the Yonkers Police.

Theft: An outdoor light fixture, valued at $600 was stolen from the front lawn of a Clayton Road home in Scarsdale overnight on 4/18- 4/19.

A 2010 Mazda that was parked on Paradise Drive in Scarsdale was damaged overnight on 4/18-4/19. When the owner returned to the car she found that the sunroom had been smashed.

Tires and rims were stolen from a 2008 Honda parked at 370 Central Park Avenue Scarsdale overnight on 4/19 – 4/20. When the owner returned to his car the tires and rims were missing and he found it lying on two large rocks.

Heather Murphy, age 40 of the Bronx was caught stealing $415 of merchandise from TJ Maxx on Satruday 4/23. She was booked at Greenburgh Police and released on $250 bail.

Drugs: At 4 am on April 21 police followed a car along Secor Road because it had a loud muffler. While they were following the car, someone threw a clear plastic bag out of the passenger side window. Police recovered the bag and it contained nine plastic bags of marijuana. However, the people in the car claimed that they had borrowed the car and that the marijuana did not belong to them. They were issued traffic tickets.

Bomb? On the morning of April 21, police spotted a backpack at the Hartsdale station next to the rear warming booth. The backpack appeared to be full and not knowing what it contained, police cleared the area and contacted the MTA Police. They brought a bomb sniffing dog to the station and determinedthat the pack did not contain explosives. MTA Police opened the backpack and found that it held books and sneakers.

DWI? A 24 year-old White Plains woman was stopped by Greenburgh Police on Central Avenue at 5 am on 4/24 for a traffic violation. Police smelled alcohol on the woman’s breath but she refused to take a breathalizer test. She was taken to headquarters and issued a summons for failing to use the designated lane.

Nasty Neighbor: A Hartsdale woman complained that her neighbor allowed his dog to rip open a bag of garbage on her front lawn on Tuesday evening 4/19.