Police Report: A Difficult Week in Scarsdale
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Deaths: The Scarsdale Police Department responded to a Wakefield Road residence on a report of an unresponsive person on Thursday, November 3rd. The 49 year-old male victim was pronounced dead at the scene by an SVAC Paramedic. The initial investigation indicated that the death was the result of a suicide and Scarsdale Police Detectives and the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office are continuing their inquiry. The results of the Medical Examiner’s investigation are pending.
A Bradley Road woman returned home after dropping her children off at school on Wednesday morning 11/2 and found her 71 year-old mother, Genowefa Bura, unresponsive. She called SVAC who pronounced her dead. Bura had appeared to be in good health but took blood pressure medication. The Medical Examiner’s office will investigate.
Missing ring: An Overlook Road woman realized that she had not seen her $13,000 1.07 carat diamond ring since May or June, 2011. She looked for it on Thursday October 27 and found it was gone. She reported that the house was renovated during the summer and that one of the workman might have taken the ring.
Chase: At 1:06 am on 11/2 Scarsdale police were called to assist White Plains police in a search for two suspects who had abandoned a stolen car on the Hutchinson River Parkway at Mamaroneck Road. The suspects fled after Police conducted a traffic stop. The White Plains Canine Unit found one man in the backyard of 23 Rural Drive and took him into custody and pursued another behind the Boulder Brook Stables but were unable to find him.
Harassed: A 23 year-old Brookby Road resident who works as a teacher reported that she received a harassing text message on 10/31. The phone number was blocked and the caller cursed. She believed it might have been one of her students and will report the incident to her principal.
Identity theft: A suspicious tax collection company called a Garden Road man on 11/4, claiming he owed $8,000 in back taxes to the state of Vermont where the man had attended school from 2004- 2009. When he tried to call the agency back there was no answer. The man did not owe any taxes and filed the report with the police.
Arrest: Henry Aguilar, age 27 of Yonkers was picked up by New Rochelle police and turned over to Scarsdale Police on an outstanding bench warrant on 11/1. He was released on $500 bail that was posted by his mother
Locked in: A six year-old girl got locked into a bathroom of a home on Oakstwain Road on the morning of 11/7. The fire department arrived and was able to get her out.
Mischief: A mailbox at a Bradford Road home was damaged on the night of 11/5. The resident found the mailbox knocked off its post and he had heard kids in front of house at the time.
A Wakefield Road man reported that kids threw eggs at his front door on Halloween night.
Damage: A car belonging to a Heathcote Road woman was damaged when a large branch fell off Village tree removal equipment and fell on her car while she was driving on Heathcote Road on the afternoon of 11/4.
Noise: Police received three reports of loud music coming from the Saxon Woods Golf Club at 8 pm and 9 pm on October 31.
A Nelson Road woman reported that he card was stolen at 4 pm on 11/5. She later realized that her son had taken the car.
Disputes: Police were called on the afternoon of 11/1 when a Heathcote Road woman could not get out of her driveway because a Con Edison truck was blocking it. The Con Ed man said that a low hanging live wire was dangerous and that no one should go within 25 feet of it, but the homeowner insisted on leaving her driveway. Police asked the Con Ed man to move his truck and stood by while the woman exited. It was later determined that she could have driven out of a second driveway.
On 11/6, a Tunstall Road man reported that a truck from BGE Utility Company of Maryland had driven over his front lawn and damaged the sprinkler system. Con Edison did not return his calls.
Police were called twice to resolve a conflict about a tree between a Sprague Road and a Webster Road home on the afternoon of 11/4. The tree was being trimmed by one neighbor and the other thought the pruning would affect the integrity of the tree. Since the man had a right to trim any portion of the tree that hung over his property police told the feuding neighbors that this was a civil issues.
Police received several complaints about a suspicious car parked at the intersection of Greendale and Oxford Roads on 11/4 and 11/5. Police spoke to the car’s occupant who said he was a private investigator.
A Wayside Lane woman called to report that her husband had violated a court order and entered her home on the morning of 10/3. Police asked the woman to get a copy of the order for police to keep on file.
Restoration Crews Arrive in Scarsdale
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The Con Edison website still shows that 1192 homes in Scarsdale remain without power on Tuesday, but this count should decline today as repair crews have finally arrived in town. It is heartening to see trucks lined up on Village streets. We spoke to workers on Brite Avenue in Greenacres who had come here from all over the country to assist. We have also heard that there are crews in Edgewood. The Con Edison map also now shows that some homes should be back in business today, though for most the deadline is still Wednesday at midnight. If you see repairmen near your home, please send a comment to the site so that we can track activity around town.
The Fox Meadow School had a noon dismissal on Monday due to a power outage, but heat, power and phone lines have now been repaired and all district schools are open today. Scarsdale Synagogue on Ogden Road has no power so all activities are cancelled for Tuesday.
An email from Mayor Miriam Flisser says that Con Edison is offering free dry ice at the Midway Shopping Center on Central Avenue from 1-7 pm today (Tuesday). If everything in your freezer has not already thawed, give it a try. The Mayor also reports the following, “The priorities continue to be: road closures; restoration of power; and then removal of potential hazards. Con Ed reports that more crews are arriving from other locations. The estimated restoration time for the majority of customers is still Wednesday Nov 2 at 12:59 PM.
Meanwhile, trick or treaters seemed to largely ignore a recommendation from the Village to stay inside on Halloween night. One mom reports giving
out six large bags of candy, and even a downed wire on Brewster Road did not prevent costumed kids from collecting their goodies.
If you have news on power restoration or photos, please comment below or email [email protected].
Photo credit Suellen Singer
No Trick, No Treat in Scarsdale
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At a briefing with the League of Women Voters on Monday morning October 31, Village Manager Al Gatta revealed that 2,800 village homes are without power --- a greater number of homes than were dark in March, 2010 --and the largest number of homes without power in his tenure as Village Manager.
Village teams have been hard at work picking up branches and clearing roads, but officials at Scarsdale Village Hall can do little to get service from Con Ed crews. As of Monday at noon, almost 48 hours after the onset of the storm, no repair crews are in the Village.
In other Village news, there will be no trick or treating tonight. As there are still live wires on the ground, it is not recommended that children trick or treat tonight. The Village has not set a new date to celebrate Halloween. In an email from Mayor Flisser, she recommends that you “keep children safe by rescheduling this evening’s activities.” She cautions against downed wires, heavy equipment and icy roads.
Where can you go to get warm? Some are hanging out at the library where there is internet service and others are staying with friends or at local hotels. Rose at Five Corners Properties at 300 Heathcote Road in the old Scarsdale Ambulance Corps Building is inviting anyone from the community to come in and use their computers, pick up a hot cup of coffee/tea, or charge their cell phone.
(Pictured above: Halloween on Sage Terrace)
Lights Won’t Go Back On in Scarsdale Until Midnight on Wednesday
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Here's the Sunday afternoon storm update: As of Sunday afternoon at 3 pm, somewhere between 800-1,000 Scarsdale residents have been without power for almost 24 hours. Homes in Greenacres, Fox Meadow, Heathcote and Quaker Ridge are affected and as another cold night is approaching, everyone is asking when power will be restored. Scarsdale Mayor Miriam Flisser has just corroborated what the Con Edison website shows – Con Edison is not promising to restore power to Scarsdale until midnight on Wednesday, November 2nd!
Why? According to Mayor Miriam Flisser who had a 2 pm conference call with
Dan Lyons, public 
affairs manager of Con Ed, Con Ed is still assessing the damage in our area. In Westchester County about 70,000 customers are without power and Con Edison will establish public safety first and then prioritize repairs. Circuits with the largest damage areas will be restored first with individual outages assigned secondary priority.
Scarsdale, have been assigned local emergency liaison personnel to coordinate the restoration-- and crews have been called in from Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland to assist.
That doesn’t explain why some customers in Edgemont already have their power back on or why Scarsdale does not have a single crew at work now. In an email from Greenburgh Police Chief Jospeh Decarlo at 4 pm on Sunday, he says, "Con Edison has restored power to several areas and will continue to work through the night." Similar to the March, 2010 storm, while power was restored in Greenburgh, Scarsdale waited for crews to begin repairing power lines.
No information is available yet about the status of the schools and whether or not they will be open tomorrow. We will continue to post any updates we receive.
If you have storm photos to share, please forward them to [email protected] and we'll post them on Scarsdale10583.
Storm Catches Scarsdale By Surprise
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A very early winter storm hit Scarsdale hard on Saturday making it feel more like December than October. Heavy snow and ice weighed down branches, splitting trees and bringing down power lines. Live power lines littered the streets as darkness fell, resulting in extremely precarious conditions. As of Sunday morning, Con Edison reports that about 1200 customers in Scarsdale are without power.
In an email from Mayor Miriam Flisser on Saturday evening she reported that "Scarsdale is experiencing severely hazardous road conditions due to road surfaces and low lying and fallen limbs. There are approximately 70 locations with fallen limbs blocking streets; and electrical wires are involved in about half of those." Police, firefighters and ambulance crews have been working to clear the roads and clear up hazardous areas. According to the Mayor, at that time, about 40 homes in Scarsdale were without power, but the Con Edison outage map seemed to show far more homes in the dark. The Mayor did not expect that Con Edison crews would come to town anytime soon and said that Con Edison has called in crews from out of state to help.
The Mayor asked residents to avoid driving unless absolutely necessary and to drive with headlights on to avoid branches and power lines.
If your power is out, report it to Con Edison at 1-800-75-CONED. To track outages, check the Con Edison outage map that is updated every fifteen minutes. On this map you can see where there are outages and also find out when Con Edison expects to restore power to the area. Here is the link:
Also, here are some important phone numbers:
Scarsdale:
- Scarsdale Police Department: 914 722 1200 non-emergency line
- For power outages, call Con Edison at 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633)
Greenburgh:
- The Village non-emergency number is 682-5300
- For Con Edison power outage or gas and electrical service problems: call (800) 75-CONED and for NYSEG electricity power outages call (800) 572-1131 for NYSEG natural gas power outage : (800) 572-1121
- Updates will be posted on the Village website at http://www.greenburghny.com/
- Paul Feiner will accept phone calls at 478-1219. His office number is 993-1545 and his cell phone number 438-1343.
