Thefts, Fights and Inappropriate Behavior
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Incident at the Chateaux: RJT Tow Service was in the process of putting a boot on an illegally parked car at 11:15 on the night of 1/15 when an angry man emerged from building 4 or 5. The man yelled, “You’re not booting my car; take it off or I’ll run you over.” The man, who was described as a white man, in his 
mid-fifties wearing a trench coat, then got into his 2008 Toyota 4-Runner and attempted to leave the scene. In the process he did about $1,000 worth of damage to the boot that was already partially mounted on the tire. The owner of the 4-Runner was accompanied by another man who got into a Mercedes Benz that was parked in front of the 4-Runner and moved the Mercedes to allow the subject to flee. Though police searched the area, they were unable to find the two cars that fled the scene. However they took statements from witnesses and are continuing to look for the subject who could be charged with criminal mischief for damaging the boot and menacing the RJT Tow Service operator.
Theft at LF: The manager of the LF Store on Boniface Circle called police when a witness told her that she saw a customer stuffing black leather shorts into her jacket. The suspect then left the store with her two companions without paying for the shorts. Police arrived and found the woman crouched next to her white Audi that was parked in front of Weber Art on Boniface Circle. She was emptying the merchandise from her coat and putting it into the front seat of her car. She then walked around the car and put another piece of merchandise next to the tire of a Toyota Suburban that was parked to the left of the Audi. When the three women noticed the police they broke into a run toward Spencer Place. Additional police units were summoned and the women were stopped on Harwood Court at Spencer Place.
The suspect was identified as Georgia Farquharson and she was placed under arrest and taken to the police station. The stolen items were recovered and included two pair of black leather shorts, valued at $312 each and a black leather vest with a price tag of $348.00. The two companions were released and the defendant was arraigned before Judge Galloway who set a court date for 1/20 and let her go.
Risque Business: A woman who worked for two years as a caregiver on Richbell Road, came to police headquarters on January 15th accompanied by a representative from the Westchester Victims Assistance Service. Joy Forbis-Speth, the caregiver, told police that she was the recipient of inappropriate comments from a man who also works at the home and has been employed there for eleven years. She stated that in November, 2009 he said, “With a body like that I bet other women are jealous of you.” He also said “You are too skinny, I like women with more meat on their bones,” and “Why don’t you bring your swimsuit and I will rub oil on you and give you a massage?” He also sent her emails, where he addressed her as “Joy Skinny Butt” and tried to show her pornographic emails. A few weeks later he began exposing himself to her and walked into the hallway naked from the waist down.
Police went to the home, spoke to the man and advised him of the harassment complaint. The man claimed that he accidentally dropped the towel around his waist when he exposed himself, recognized that his behavior was inappropriate and apologized to Ms. Forbis. The complainant decided not to file charges but wants the incidents documented.
Car Accidents: On the afternoon of 1/14, a 79 year-old Greenacres man was backing out of his driveway on Brite Avenue when he claims that his foot got stuck on the accelerator. His 1994 Toyota backed up into two cars. In a panic, the man put the car into drive, and drove over the lawn and bushes of his neighbor’s property, finally stopping when he hit the neighbor’s home at 123 Brite Avenue. Damage was sustained to the two parked cars, the lawn, the garden and the brick façade of the house.
A two car collision took place at the intersection of Boulevard and Nelson Road on 1/14 around 6 pm. The driver of a car travelling down Boulevard hit a car turning onto Boulevard from Nelson Road. Miyava Chapman from Yonkers had to be removed from her car by the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
Drive to prayer? A NYC cab was reported parked outside of Hitchcock Church on the afternoon of 1/13 and the driver was praying on a mat on the sidewalk!
Stray foot: The Scardale Fire Department got a call from an unknown witness on the afternoon of 1/16 to reported that a foot was "sticking out of the pond" across from Hitchcock Church. When firemen arrived they found a plastic foot sitting about 20 feet into the pond on thin ice.
Missing Daughters: There were two reports of missing daughters this week. A Murray Hill Road woman called police at 11 PM on 1/13 to report that her sixteen year-old daughter had not returned home from school. Though the girl had attended school that day she had left her cell phone and wallet at home. The woman told police that her daughter had run away on two previous occasions but had later been found with her boyfriend in the Bronx. The girl subsequently returned home on her own.
In another incident, a grown daughter had returned to Scarsdale to stay with her family. The 41 year-old woman went into the city on the evening of 1/16 and when she had not returned by 2 am on 1/17, her parents got worried and notified the police. The woman was later located by the MTA police when she took the train back from the city.
Identity Theft: A Chateaux Circle resident was notified by the Woori Bank that fraudulent charges had been made to his credit card last May in Sudan. A Jefferson Road man got a call from AT&T on 1/13 to say that two additional phone lines were added to his AT&T wireless account, one added on 1/7 and the other on 1/11. Since these were not his accounts he was advised to contact the police. And last, a Fenimore Road man got a call from Saks Fifth Avenue on 1/13 to let him know that someone had charged $481 in merchandise at Saks Fifth Avenue on his Amex Card. Since he hadn’t been to Saks, he was also instructed to file a report with the police.
Vandalism: The door handle to the new Christie Place garage was damaged and the door was scratched. It appeared that the vandal used a tool to pry the door handle off of the mounting. The incident occurred sometime between the afternoon of 1/13 and the morning of 1/14.
Car Trouble: Just before midnight on 1/16 Claremont Road residents found a man sitting in the passenger seat of their car, which was parked unlocked in their driveway. The homeowner confronted the man who said, “I’m hungry, I’m hungry” and got out of the car and fled. Police canvassed the area to look for the intruder who was described as a black male, possibly in his early thirties. No damage was done to the car and nothing was stolen.
The next day, a neighbor on Claremont Road found that his car had also been entered on the previous night. His 2009 BMW X5 was parked in the driveway and someone entered it and took his iPhone, phone adaptor and Blackberry charger valued at $320.00. Police suspect the two incidents are related and are investigating.
A Chesterfield Road teen left his 1999 Subaru in the parking lot of the Fox Meadow School at 11 PM on 1/17. When police checked the lot just after midnight on 1/18 they found the car with the back doors open. They noticed that both rear view mirrors had been broken off and taken. Police notified the boy’s father who confirmed that the car was in good condition when his son parked it and he had no knowledge of who might have damaged the car.
Gas Leak: Con Edison found a gas leak on Cushman Road on 1/17 and needed to get into the house at 50 Cushman to shut off the service to the house. The fire department got in through an unlocked window and the homeowner returned home and was advised of the situation.
From the Police - Child Pornography Found and More
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Disturbing photos of child pornography were found scattered on the lawn of a Heathcote Road home on January 6th. The property owner found one image as well as a list of contact names from a local school when he was picking up trash that had blown onto his lawn. When police arrived they searched the property and found five more photographs in the bushes and along the road. As the material was found on top of the snow, police suspect they were scattered there sometime after the last significant snow storm on January 1st. Police spoke with neighbors who were not able to supply any additional information. The materials were taken to the Westchester County Crime Lab for DNA testing.
A customer at CVS on Popham Road on the evening of 1/10 saw three men enter the store, and put merchandise in their pockets. They left the store quickly, without paying. The manager replayed the video surveillance tape that showed three black men enter the store carrying nothing, and two minutes later, leaving with a duffel bag. The store reported that almost $300 of merchandise was stolen.
Another CVS customer was parked in the underground lot beneath the store and misplaced her parking ticket on January 7th. She was unable to get the car out of the garage without the ticket and called the police for assistance.
Beer cans were found on the lawn of a Rodney Road home on January 7th and the residents heard noises during the previous night. There was no damage but police agreed to drive by and monitor the house.
A Cambridge Road woman reported that her platinum wedding ring, valued at $7,100 was missing from her home and had been taken sometime between December 19th and December 23rd. There was no sign of forced entry to the house and nothing else was missing.
Raymond Christopher Brown of Sayre, PA turned himself in at Village Hall on 1/6. There was an outstanding warrant for his arrest for driving without a license and he had missed his court appearance on 12/30. At Village Hall he was searched and placed in custody. Police arrived and transported him to Police Headquarters where he was processed and released on $250.00 bail. A new court date was set for 1/13.
A Brite Avenue resident was issued a summons for leaving the scene of an accident. The man was backing out of his driveway on January 6th when he struck a parked car, but he did not stop to investigate or report the accident. He claims he thought he hit a utility pole but in fact he hit another car.
A woman who lives on Reimer Road locked herself out of her home on January 5th. She called a locksmith to help her get back in, but the locksmith refused to open the door without seeing proper identification from the homeowner. Police vouched for the woman’s identity and the locksmith let her back in.
Police were summoned when a Greenburgh man told a Brite Avenue woman “he was going to kill himself tonight.” The Scarsdale police notified Greenburgh police.
Just after midnight on 1/10, a Kingston Road man was dropped off at home by a cab he had taken from the White Plains Station. When the man paid the driver, the driver did not give him back his change. When the passenger asked for the change, the driver got angry, grabbed the man by his jacket and told him "to get out of his “f***ing cab.” The driver was described as black male with an accent, possibly Jamaican, about 5’9”, dressed in black with short-cropped hair. The passenger provided a license plate number but a check by police found no plate on file with that number. The passenger does not wish to press charges.
A Hillview Road resident got stuck in an elevator in her own home on January 11th. Police arrived on the scene and were able to get her out.
Woman Assaults Greenburgh Detective
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The New Year got off to a rough start for Danielle Long, age 18, of Mahopac. She was a passenger in a Blue Bird Tax (New Rochelle) and traveling on the Sprain Brook Parkway at 1:25 am on January 1st when she started yelling at the driver and then punched him while he was driving the cab. The driver pulled off at the Jackson Avenue exit and called the police.
When police arrived, the cab driver did not want to press charges and left the scene. However, the officer smelled alcohol on Ms. Long’s breath and clothing and she was described as “combative and indifferent.” While the Detective was speaking to her, Ms. Long punched him with a closed fist on the right side of his face. Having punched an officer, she was arrested and taken back to Greenburgh Police Headquarters where she was charged with harassment and violent behavior. Following the booking she was dispatched to Westchester Medical Center for evaluation and her mother was notified.
News From the Scarsdale Police
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A joy ride for three 17 year-old White Plains boys turned into serious trouble in the early hours of Monday January 4th. At 2 am a Scarsdale officer doing speed enforcement clocked a gray BMW going 73 m.p.h. down the Post Road, which has a speed limit of 30 m.p.h. Moreover, the headlights were off and the car had no license plates.
The officer stopped the car at the intersection of Burgess Road and the Post Road and three boys jumped out of the car. They all ran but police were able to stop two nearby. The boys were brought in for questioning and later that day the third suspect was tracked down by White Plains police.
The 2004 BMW 330 had been stolen from the Pepe Infiniti car dealership in White Plains and the boys were charged with criminal possession of stolen property and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
In other news from the Scarsdale Police:
A Garth Road resident returned home to his apartment on January 2nd to find that the locks had been changed. The man was subletting the apartment at 30 Garth Road from a Greenacres resident. The tenant got in touch with the landlord of the building who had no knowledge of the change in locks but was able to give the tenant access to the apartment. When the tenant went inside the apartment he found that all of his possessions, including his clothing and cell phone were gone. Apparently, the man who held the lease on the apartment wanted him out!
The Greenacres resident who changed the locks and removed the tenant's possessions was changed with criminal tampering, burglary, criminal trespassing and grand larceny.
A Greenacres resident turned in her deceased husband's gun to Scarsdale Police. The Colt 42 firearm was given to the police for safekeeping on December 28, 2009.
Another Greenacres resident returned home from vacation on 12/28 to find that someone had driven her BMW without her permission. The gas level was lower than it was when she left and she wanted to make a report to the police.
Police received a report of a loud group of teens congregating on Cartesan Road around 10 pm on the night of 12/28. They found nine boys on the street, one who was holding a can of beer. Since the boy was only 16 he was issued an appearance ticket for a violation and charged with possession of an alcoholic beverage with the intent to consume by a person under the age of 21.
Police received a report that a woman lost control of her car when she was putting on her gloves while driving on December 29. According to her report, she hit a parked car at Putnam and Huntington Roads, and flipped over in her 4-door Chevrolet sedan. Miraculously she was not injured.
The daughter of a Sherbrooke Park resident reports that jewelry is missing from the home of her now-deceased mother. The elderly woman was under the care of hospice workers and the matter is now under investigation.
A Foxhall Road homeowner found some interesting items in his driveway on the morning of January 3rd. He called police when he noticed four pumpkins, three Christmas trees and three traffic cones at his home. Luckily no damage had been done.
From Greenburgh - Another Drunk County Employee
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Another inebriated off-duty County employee did some damage in the wee hours of 12/27. Yancy Johnson, age 48 of Yonkers who is a corrections officer in Valhalla, was driving south on Central Park Avenue near Ardsley Road when she veered into the right lane and struck a southbound police ambulance that was responding to a call for medical assistance. Johnson refused the breathalizer test, but was swaying and having trouble standing up. She was taken to Greenburgh police headquarters and charged with driving while intoxicated. Her car was towed and she was ordered to appear in court on January 5th. There were no injuries as a result of the accident.
In other police news from Greenburgh this week, a group of thieves stole over $1,000 in merchandise from Pathmark on Central Avenue on 12/24 at 1 a.m . Seven to eight suspects, working together took a large amount of merchandise out of the store without paying and drove off in two cars, heading south on Central Avenue. The store manager called the police who located two cars fitting his description on Central Avenue. Police pulled the cars over and saw the merchandise through the car windows. The employee was able to identify the suspects who were taken to headquarters and charged with possession of stolen property, possession of burglar tools and operating a vehicle without a license. The car was impounded and towed and when it was inventoried by the police they found another $3,500 in stolen merchandise in the trunk. The identified suspects include Milton Simon age 21 of Staten Island, NY, Mahogany Abney age 23 of Jamaica, N.Y., and Said Hammam, age 22 of Rochester, NY. Four unknown black men who were involved in the larceny remain at large.
An off-duty policeman at the Best Buy parking lot on Central Avenue on the afternoon of 12/23 saw a man walking around the lot pulling on car door handles in an effort to find an open car. When the man left the lot in his car, the officer summoned the Greenburgh police to follow him. They pulled him over and found the passenger sweating profusely with tools on his front seat. The man, identified as Luis Castillo of the Bronx, was unsteady on his feet and said, “I’m sorry I needed the money” and “I just took the methadone 30 minutes ago.” The man was booked for driving under the influence and for possession of burglar tools.
Harry Stone of New Rochelle reported that his truck, containing over $24,000 in mink coats was stolen from a parking lot on Central Avenue sometime between 12/18 and 12/20. The 1995 truck is valued at $10,000.
