Police Investigate the Death of an Edgemont Grad

Residents of Chimney Pot Lane in Ardsley found the body of a 20 year-old Hartsdale man in their yard at 1:50 pm on Wednesday October 19th. The body was identified as Charles A. McCarthy of 300 South Central Avenue, Hartsdale. An autopsy was done by the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office but the cause of death has not been determined and the department is awaiting toxicology reports. The Ardsley Police, Westchester County Police and the Medical’s Examiner’s office are conducting an investigation into the matter but according to police “the incident does not appear to be criminal in nature.”

McCarthy was a 2010 graduate of Edgemont High School and was a student at Westchester Community College at the time of his death. He had a troubled past. In December 2010 McCarthy was charged with burglary in the break-in of a home on Andrea Lane where a computer and electronics were stolen. At that time, McCarthy was also on probation for an attempted robbery conviction in Eastchester in 2008.

Ardsley Police are asking anyone with information about the case to contact the Detective Division at 914-693-1700.
(Pictured above, Charles A McCarthy)