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Details: Published: 19 October 2010; Created: 19 October 2010; Last Updated: 21 October 2010; Hits: 7634

greenburghtownhall This just in from the Greenburg Police Department: On Tuesday night (10/19) at 10:30 pm, a Hartsdale woman returned to her Keats Avenue home and found her husband, Thomas J. Hill dead in the backyard. According to information released by the Town of Greenburgh Police Department, it appears that the 54-year-old man shot himself, but an autopsy is being done to determine the cause of death.

Intruder: On the afternoon of October 15 the owner of Chopstix Restaurant on Garth Road found a stranger in the basement of the restaurant. The intruder claimed that he was dropped off in the area and was looking for a doctor’s office. As Chopstix in no way resembles a doctor’s office, police were suspicious and searched the man who had no weapons and had not taken anything from the basement. He was identified as Anthony Lindsey of Mt Vernon and a check of his identification revealed no outstanding warrants though the man admitted that he was on parole for an offense committed outside of New York State. As there was no reason to detain him, he was released.

Car break-in: Swarthmore Road residents returned from a trip overseas and found that their car had been vandalized in their absence. The driver’s side window was broken and a GPS was taken from the 2006 Suzuki which was parked in front of the house. The incident occurred on October 9th.

Threats: On October 16th a 19 year-old Brambach Road girl complained of receiving threatening text message and disturbing voice mails from an ex-boyfriend. The girl blocked the man’s phone number from her cell phone and blocked his user name on Facebook.

Stranger at the Door: On October 13 a man came to the door of a Fox Meadow road home with an unlabeled package and asked the homeowner to identify herself, claiming that he had a package for her. When she refused and told him she was going to call the police, a woman came to the door with the same package. The woman also refused to identify herself and left the package at the door. The homeowner told police she would ask her husband what might be in the box before opening it.

Gone: An Apple iPhone was reported stolen from the locker of a Scarsdale Middle School student on October 13th.

Lockwood Road residents reported that a package delivered to their home by UPS on October 14 was stolen. The package contained a drum pad valued at $30.

Rowdy Teens: At 9:30, an employee of Starbucks in Scarsdale Village called to say that about 15 teenagers were roughhousing on the footbridge above the tracks at Scarsdale Train Station. Police sent the kids on their way.

Loud kids were reported at George Field at 11 pm on 10/16. Police arrived and the kids dispersed.

Just before midnight, police received a report that some kids had placed a large rock in the road at the intersection of Walworth and Greenacres Avenues. Police went to the scene and removed the rock.

Disputes: At 9:50 am on 10/17, a Cooper Road man called police to ask for help in getting his wife to drop off the children at his house, per their custody agreement. A court officer arrived, the children were turned over to the father and the mother left the scene.

On Sunday afternoon, a Scarsdale man called police concerning dogs that were running around the high school tennis courts. Since dogs are not allowed to run on school grounds, he asked the dogs owners to take them away. The owners of the dogs became verbally abusive and aggressive and refused to comply. When police arrived they issued one of the men, Philip Taddeo of Yonkers, a summons for violating a local ordinance. Police also found that Taddeo had a suspended license so they instruction his companion to take him home.

Drunk: Eastchester Police found a drunk Scarsdale woman in their jurisdiction at 6 pm on Sunday and drove her back to her home on Edgewood Road. Her husband was home and escorted her inside.

A man called police at 10:20 pm on 10/16 to say that he lost his wallet somewhere between Scarsdale and White Plains. It was determined that the man was drunk and did not know where he lost his wallet, but asked the police to keep his number in case someone turned it in.

A moving truck struck a tree on Garth Road on the afternoon of 10/14 and took down a large branch.

Coyote Watch

Myrtledale Road at 9:45 am on 10/12
Dell Road at 4:07 pm on 10/12
Wynmor Road at 9:56 am on 10/14
In the backyard of a Marjory Lane home at 10:32 am on 10/14
In the backyard of an Oneida Road home at 10:57 am on 10/14
In the driveway of a Myrtledale Road home at 3:30 pm on 10/14
At Franklin and Harvest Road at 4:11 pm on 10/14
On Carthage Road at 6:43 pm on 10/14
On Oakstwain Road at 7:025 am on 10/15
On Kingston Road at 7:19 am on 10/15
At the Greenacres School at 8:03 am on 10/15
On Gorham Court at 12:28 pm on 10/15 going toward Maple Swamp
A coyote with an injured leg on Eastwoods Lane at 3 pm on 10/17

Details: Published: 11 October 2010; Created: 11 October 2010; Last Updated: 12 October 2010; Hits: 5088

Car Break-ins: Six cars in Quaker Ridge were entered overnight on October 8 – 9. To deter vandals, police advise residents to park inside the garage and close the door overnight. Car thefts are an easy way for vandals to make quick hits.
On Haverford Road vandals entered two cars that were unlocked and parked in the driveway. They stole a Gramin GPS from each car. On Meadow Road, two windows were broken on a 2005 Volvo and a Lanvin handbag, valued at $1,500 as well as $100.00 were stolen. Other items from the car were found scattered on the front lawn of a neighbor’s home. Also on Meadow Road the driver’s side window of a 2010 Honda was broken and a Garmin GPS was stolen. On Penn Boulevard an unlocked 2009 GMC was entered, and thieves made off with an apple computer and computer bag, a wallet, a Marc Jacobs purse and a camera, together valued at $3,650. In addition, other items from the car were found on a neighbor’s property across the street. On Old Lyme Road, the driver’s side window of a 2007 Lexus was broken and an iPod and charger, plus sunglasses were taken from the car.

Dead on Arrival: Anthony Esposito, age 78 of Gaylor Road was pronounced dead by Scarsdale Paramedic Al Garavito. Mr. Esposito’s wife was out and returned home at 6:15 pm on October 7 and found her husband unresponsive at the kitchen table.

Party! Police broke up a drinking party on Harvest Drive, shortly before 11 pm on October 9th and issued a summons to an 18 year-old Scarsdale boy for unlawful possession of alcohol. Police found empty beer cans on the lawn and inside the house and the inebriated host admitted that there was no one over the age of 21 at home. A family friend came to take the boy to her house. Parents of the other youths at the house were called to pick up their kids.

Police asked a group of youths at George Field Park at 10 pm on 10/8 to leave the area and they complied.

At 1:05 am on 10/10 police were called to break up a party on Greenacres Avenue. They found red plastic cups and an empty bottle of Jim Beam but the partiers were gone.

Fraud at CVS on Popham Road –Victor DiRoma, the manager of CVS, called police at 8:50 pm on 10/7 to report that three customers had purchased$1,400 of American Express gift cards and charged them to a fraudulent credit cards. The suspects were described as a black female with long black hair, a black male wearing a black hat and another black female with long black hair, wearing a black and white striped shirt. The transactions were recorded on video.

Gone: A commuter locked his black Showgun bicycle on East Parkway on the morning of October 8. When he returned at 6 pm the bike and his helmet were gone.

Found: A Fox Meadow Road woman found a Le Sports Sac change purse containing $25, a key and a Yogo Joy store business car in the Fox Meadow School playground on October 4th. The purse was turned over to Scarsdale police.

Complaint: Workers doing construction on Popham Road Bridge complained to the police on October 5 that the Freightway Garage Valet was blocking access to the job site with cars. The Valet hopes to design a drop-off process to alleviate problems in the future.

Summons: A Kingston Road man was issued a summons on October 8 for ignoring a stop work order for construction at his house. Police accompanied the representative from Village Hall Enforcement to the Kingston Road home.

Unwanted Guests: An Old Lyme Road man asked police to stop by as a gray car was parked in his driveway. The passengers in the car claimed to be old friends of the resident on Old Lyme. Please told the visitors that the resident no longer wished to see them and instructed them to leave and refrain from making contact in the future.

Police were called to Fox Meadow School at 4 pm on 10/8 when a man with a backpack entered the rear entrance of the school. When he was asked what he was doing in the school, he said he was cutting through the school to Brewster Road. At 6 pm, police received another report of a man wandering near the library.

Disputes: On October 5, an angry high school student approached an Ogden Road woman when he found a ticket on the car he had parked illegally in front of her house. He knocked on the door of the women’s home and asked her if she had called the police. When she replied no, he asked when her husband would be home.

On October 11, a Black Birch Lane mother reported that her daughter was being harassed on the phone by a former friend. Police contacted the girl who was making the calls who now lives in Riverdale. She told police that she believes that her friend in Scarsdale stole $60 in cash and a $200 Tiffany bracelet from her when she visited her in Riverdale. The mother agreed to speak with her daughter and find out what was going on.

Guns: On the afternoon of October 6, a Heathcote Road woman called police to pick up two handguns from her home for safekeeping. On 10/10 a Lebanon Road man called to surrender a found pistol.

Missing: Concerned Brookline Road residents called police at 7 pm on 10/6 to help them locate their 13 year old son who left the house without telling his parents where he was going. By the time the police arrived, the boy’s mother had located him.

A White Plains woman came to the Scarsdale Police station to report that she removed two rings from her hand while getting her nails done at Accent Nails on Harwood Court on October 11 and left the shop without them. When she got home she realized her mistake and called Accent who said the rings were gone. Missing are a diamond ring worth $8,000 and a band with bluestones valued at $1,000.

Fire: Police, and the Scarsdale Fire Department responded to the report of a small fire in the boiler room at 6 Overhill Road at 7 am on 10/7. The Fire Department got it under control.

Suspicious Man: A Sage Terrace woman called police at 8:45 am when she saw a man standing near her yard looking at her house. Police were unable to find the man who was described as Asian and six feet tall.

Help: A Park Road many asked police for assistance moving some of his personal items out of his home on the afternoon of October 7th. Police found that the man’s belongings were already packed and the moving company was permitted to transport the boxes.

Drunk: A Walworth Avenue man reported a drunk man walking in traffic on Walworth at 10 pm on 10/10. Police were unable to locate the suspect.

Animals: A wild turkey was spotted at the intersection of Brite Avenue and Ogden Road shortly before 6 pm on October 4th.

A Hampton Road woman called police about a sick raccoon on the street on October 5. When police arrived, the raccoon had died on the lawn, but another sick raccoon appeared and police shot it. Another sick raccoon was reported on Leatherstocking Lane at 12:35 pm on 10/6

A Sylvan Lane woman called police at 1:38 am on 10/9 when she heard noises in her home. Police found a chipmunk running around the living room and helped get the animal outside.

A Stratton Road woman found a small black and white dog in her yard at 10:20 pm on 10/9. The dog had no tags and police picked up the dog and brought to the New Rochelle Humane Society.

Coyotes were spotted in the following locations:

In the driveway of a Colvin Road home at 7:20 pm on October 5
On Sage Terrace at 7:40 pm on 10/5
At 276 Mamaroneck Road at 2 pm on 10/6
At 17 Heathcote Road at 3:49 pm on 10/6
Two coyotes in the driveway of a Bradford Road home at 7 pm on 10/6
At Walworth and Berkeley Road at 1 pm on 10/7
On Catherine Road at 3:30 pm on 10/7
On Wildwood Road at 7:41 am on 10/8
On Crossway and Wakefield Road at 11:15 pm on 10/8
On Fayette Road at noon on 10/9
On 10/9 at 12:49 pm a wet coyote was reported running around the Scarsdale Riding Academy on Mamaroneck Road
On Leatherstocking Lane at 11:55 am on 10/10
On Leatherstocking Lane at 7:11 pm on 10/10

Details: Published: 01 October 2010; Created: 01 October 2010; Last Updated: 01 October 2010; Hits: 6640

kingspa A Flushing woman, employed at the King Spa at 100 North Central Avenue in Hartsdale, turned out to be offering massages plus something more. According to the Greenburgh Police, when a member of the Greenburgh Police Drug and Alcohol Task Force visited the spa on Thursday evening September 30, the massage therapist offered to “engage in sexual conduct” with the man as part of his treatment.

Massage therapist, Wenyu Piao of Flushing was arrested and charged with one count of “unauthorized practicing of a profession.” She was arraigned before Judge Arlene Gordon-Oliver in Greenburgh and sent to the Valhalla jail. She is due back in court on October 1st.

A Google search for the King Spa, brings up a link for a “happy ending massage.” massage However in this case there was no happy ending for Ms. Piao and presumably none for the officer either.

Details: Published: 05 October 2010; Created: 05 October 2010; Last Updated: 05 October 2010; Hits: 6942

burglar Residents who live near the Fenway Golf Course are finding that they have more to contend with than coyotes. On the night of October 2nd a home on Cayuga Road was burglarized, sometime between 8 and 10 pm. Vandals broke a window in the living room to gain entry and tossed the bedrooms, apparently in search of jewelry. Though the homeowners have not supplied a complete list of what was taken it appears that the thieves made off with jewelry.

Accident: A 20 year-old girl, driving her friend’s 2010 Toyota at 11:40 pm on October 3rd lost control of the car on Morris Lane due to wet roads. The car skidded, hit a village-owned tree, a fire hydrant and a utility pole and came to a stop on the front lawn of 100 Morris Lane, damaging the grass. The police, Con Edison, the water department and SVAC were all called to help. Neither the girl nor her passenger requested medical attention.

Knife: Police confiscated a folding knife from Olatunde Oladipo of White Plains on September 29, when he attempted to enter Scarsdale Village Court with the knife in his pocket. Police were tipped off by the metal detector.

Guns: A Springdale Road man who was moving out of town called police to turn in a scarsdale-police-car200 rifle and a shotgun to be destroyed on the afternoon of 9/28. However, later that same day, he had a change of heart and decided to give the guns away rather than turn them into the police.

Disobedience: On 9/29 a traffic officer on Depot Place tried to stop and Edgemont man as his inspection sticker had expired. The officer approached the man in the car who drove away. As the car swung past him again, the officer tried to stop it, but the driver proceeded, narrowly missing the officer. Police went to the man’s Henry Street home and the man claimed that his parking meter was just about up, and that he had avoided the officer in order to get back to his car before the meter expired. However, the patrolman said that the meter was not expired.

Mischief: On the night of 9/27 the doorbell rang at a Donellan Road home. When the homeowner opened the door he found an orange traffic cone. He believes some kids left it there. Police returned the cone to the Fox Meadow School.

Disputes: On 9/28 Alan Zaitz of Popham Road got into an argument with a driver when Zaitz crossed Popham Road against the light and was almost hit by a car driven by a Taunton Road man. The doorman at 45 Popham called the police to break up the heated verbal altercation.

On 9/30 A Fox Meadow Road man got into a dispute with his neighbor’s landscaper who was throwing debris on the Fox Meadow man’s property. The landscaper agreed not to do it again.

On 10/1, Lebanon Road residents reported that the caretakers of the residence next door were leaving garbage at the curb too far in advance of pick-up.

An employee at Bodyfit on Scarsdale Avenue called police for assistance when a former member refused to leave the premises. The owner of Bodyfit explained that the woman’s membership had been terminated and her refund had been sent out via Fedex. She left the premises willingly.

Arrests: At midnight on 10/2 Michael Arciuolo of White Plains was stopped by White Plains and turned over to Scarsdale Police where there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest for a traffic violation. A check of his license revealed that he was also wanted in Beacon, New York for driving while intoxicated. At 2:50 am on 10/3 Arciuolo was transported to Beacon for booking as well.

Hassan Samid, age 20 was turned over to Scarsdale Police by Tarrytown Police at 1:30 am on 9/28 due to an outstanding bench warrant. Samid was processed and released on $50 cash bail.

Trees: A large tree branch fell across Mamaroneck Road near Griffen Road at 11:50 am on 9/30 and blocked the roadway. The highway department removed the branch. More tree branches fell and blocked the intersection of Ramsey and Secor Road at 5:55 am on 10/1 and the intersection of Edgewood and Nelson Roads at 7:52 am on 10/1.

Coyotes continued to roam the streets and yards of Scarsdale. Here’s this week’s coyote watch:

2:28 pm on 9/27 Coyote 18 Aspen Road
7:41 pm on 9/27 at 58 Palmer Road
8:28 am on 9/28 at Cushman and Mamaroneck Roads where the callers husband and child were waiting for a bus.
9:56 am on 9/28 on Hillview Drive
On 9/29 at 7:36 am on Eton Road
On 9/29 at 8:44 am on Fox Meadow Road at the entrance to Butler Woods
On 9/29 at 2:30 pm on Garden Road
On 9/30 at 8:30 am on Ridgecrest East
On 9/30 at 2:00 pm on Greendale Road
On 9/30 at 5:06 pm at Palmer Avenue and Ramsey Road
On 9/30 at 5:55 pm on Graham Road
On 9/30 at 7:10 pm on Brookby Road
On 10/2 at 7:25 pm at Davis Park
On 10/2 at 9 pm a woman reported that there were two coyotes on her lawn on Madison Road
On 10/2 at 10 pm on Dolma and Murray Hill Road
On 10/2 at 10:30 pm on Montrose Road
On 10/3 at 11:18 am on Brewster Road near Gorham Court
On 10/3 at 1:49 pm on Gorham and Post Roads
On 10/3 at 3:45 pm on Palmer Avenue
On 10/3 at 4:46 pm on Palmer Avenue
On 10/3 at 8:05 pm on Valley Road

Details: Published: 01 October 2010; Created: 01 October 2010; Last Updated: 01 October 2010; Hits: 3530

Due to weather-related switch problems, Metro North Service was suspended on the Harlem Line south of White Plains early this morning, October 1. At 6:30 am the train failed to arrived and hundreds were lined up on the platform of the Hartsdale train station awaiting their ride to work. Garbled messages delivered over the p.a. system were unintelligible, leaving computers to wonder if and when train service would resume. By 7:00 pm service was resumed, but there are 30 to 60 minute delays, so be patient this morning.