Firefighters Extinguish House Fire on Walworth Avenue

House fire: Firefighters extinguished a fire inside a Walworth Avenue house Feb. 10. Upon arrival, firefighters saw visible fire inside a third-floor dormer window. They entered the house with hook irons and water cans to knock down the fire. All occupants of the house were confirmed to be evacuated. Firefighters stretched a hose line and finished extinguishing the fire. Firefighters then overhauled the room and checked for possible fire extension. No extension was found. Ventilation was set up to air out smoke from the house. The residents were advised to contact their insurance company and relocate.

Stolen
A caller reported that an Oklahoma license plate had been stolen from a Prius parked in a Weaver Street parking lot Feb. 7.

On Feb. 11, a Heathcote Road caller reported that someone stole a $150,000 2021 Land Rover from his driveway Feb. 11. The car had been left unlocked with the key fob inside. A guitar teacher saw the car leaving the driving at approximately 2:40 p.m. that day.

Burglary
On Feb. 11, a burglar alarm, with active motion sensor activation in the main bedroom, alerted police to a burglary in a Dolma Road house. They noted that a second-story balcony screen door was ajar, with a broken glass door behind it. The door remained locked.

A broken casement window alerted police to a burglary in a Cooper Road house Feb. 11. They checked the house, and the suspects had already left.

Mail tampering
A glue trap with mail attached to it was found at a USPS mailbox at Brewster Road and Huntington Avenue Feb. 10. Another active glue trap was found at another USPS mailbox at Nelson Road and Boulevard. Police informed the Postal police and taped off the mailboxes.

Check fraud
A Franklin Road woman reported checks had been stolen and written against her account without her knowledge or permission Feb. 8. The check was written for $9,280.17.

Identity theft
A Catherine Road resident reported that fraudulent credit cards were opened in her name and used to make fraudulent purchases Feb. 6. The cards were cancelled.

A Corell Road man reported someone opened a fraudulent credit card in his name and sent it to a woman in Omaha who called him and cut up the card Feb. 9. He did not know the woman, and she said she got his information from LinkedIn. Police advised the man to check his credit report.

Deaths
A man reported that his 85-year-old Kent Road mother, who was in hospice care, died at home Feb. 6.

Assisted-care staff reported that a 101-year-old resident died at her Saxon Woods Road home Feb. 8.

Domestic matter
An Edgewood caller reported her husband was yelling at her, calling her names and belittling her Feb. 6. When police arrived, they discovered the couple in different areas of the house. They explained the argument was over family finances. They agreed to stay away from each other for the rest of the night.

Lights
Lights were flickering in a Garth Road business around 7:45 p.m., Feb. 6. Police advised that the light bulb needed to be replaced.

Letter
A Harvest Drive resident received a return to sender holiday/love card that was mailed to a person in the Czech Republic on Jan. 5 and returned to the resident’s address Jan. 25. Since the resident did not write or mail the card, he thought it was suspicious. The resident wondered if the card originated from a health aide that might worker for a neighbor. Police checked on the neighbor and health aide, but nether wrote the card.

Suspicious
A caller reported a suspicious car, with a temporary tag from New Jersey, parked on Cushman Road Feb. 9. Police examined the tag and noticed that it was linked to a different car. They then impounded the car and took the temporary tag into evidence.

A Heathcote Road resident said an unknown bicyclist stopped in front of his house and appeared to take pictures with his cell phone camera Feb. 10.

A Morris Lane woman reported that a man has been trespassing on her property for the past several weeks, and she observed him looking in a window and trying to open her house door on Feb. 11.

Sleeping
On Feb. 11, an East Parkway business owner reported that a man was sleeping inside the business establishment, and employees were unable to wake up the man. Police woke him up and advised the business had a no sleeping policy, so, the man left.

Bicyclist and pedestrian hit
A Hampton Road parent reported his daughter had been hit by a car while riding her bicycle to school the morning of Feb. 9. The daughter did not stop at the stop sign on Brewster Road and was struck by a car turning from Brewster onto Olmsted Road. The driver stopped, exited his car and spoke with the daughter. She did not report any injuries, and the driver left. Later, police went to the Hampton Road house to speak with the parents and daughter. The daughter was taken for medical evaluation, and it was determined that she sustained only minor injuries.

On Feb. 10, a driver reported he hit a pedestrian on Weaver Street and Hutchinson Avenue with the mirror of his car. The pedestrian was “standing but might have injuries,” the driver said. Police arrived and made a report. The pedestrian refused medical attention.

Cars and roadways
On Feb. 6, a parking officer advised of a 2017 Nissan with scofflaw status parked in the Christie Place garage. The court advised the amount of unpaid parking tickets totaled $905. Police towed the car from the garage and issued the driver a summons. Later that day, the 26-year-old Yonkers driver called headquarters to report that her car was missing from the garage. Police advised her of the car’s whereabouts and the scofflaw status. She said she would follow up with Village Hall.

A Hampton Road caller reported that drivers park in driveways while picking up their kids and this was causing a traffic hazard Feb. 6.

A Brite Avenue resident complained about Con Edison vehicles parked on her street Feb. 7. Police spoke with the workers who were actively completing a job on the street. They advised they would assist the caller leave or enter her driveway, around the vehicles, as needed.

Police directed traffic around a disabled car on Griffen Avenue until a tow arrived to jump the car Feb. 7.

Police called a tow for a disabled car on Weaver Street Feb. 7.

On Feb. 7, the driver car on Crane Road reported that a passing car clipped his passenger side mirror. The offending car was described as a large SUV that left the scene. Only cosmetic damage was reported.

A caller reported a car with erratic driving on Heathcote Road Feb. 7. Police conducted a traffic stop and advised the driver that caller had complained about her driving. She said she was distracted by poor cell phone service and being told that she needed to pick up her son due to a fever.” Police offered to send an ambulance to her house, but she declined. Police conducted divided attention tests to assess if impairment was present. The driver passed the tests, and police cautioned her to drive more carefully.

A yield sign fell at East Parkway and Spencer Place Feb. 8. Police placed it by the side of the road and advised the highway department for repair.

On Feb. 8, police called a tow for a disabled car on Bypass and provided a courtesy ride for passengers in the car to a family center in White Plains.

An accident involving a Scarsdale school bus and another vehicle occurred at Saxon Woods Road and Crawford Lane Feb. 9.

Police informed highway workers of a dead skunk on Ramsey Road Feb. 9.

Police escorted a motorist with a smoking car from Fox Meadow Road to a service station on Scarsdale Avenue Feb. 10.

A vehicle was restricting traffic flow on Church Lane South Feb. 10. Police asked the driver to move the car.

Police called a tow for a driver with a disabled car at Palmer Avenue and Wynmor Road Feb. 12.

Four car accidents were officially reported in the Village this week.

Animals
A raccoon was reported to be roaming around garbage bags on Boulevard Feb. 10. It fled into a wooded area as police approached it, looking healthy.

A dog was being walked on school grounds on Huntington Avenue Feb. 10. Police informed the dog’s owner that dogs were not allowed on school property.
For public safety and humane reasons, police shot a sick raccoon walking in circles on Boulevard Feb. 10. It was removed by the highway department for safe disposal.

Village code
Police removed illegally posted advertising signs from utility poles at Heathcote Road and Morris Lane, as well as from Post and Sprague roads Feb. 6.

Police removed a pesticide application warning sign in the Village after their allowable times for being posted had elapsed Feb. 7 and 8.

Police removed an illegally posted “slow down” sign, as well as advertising signs, from Post Road Feb. 8.

Police advised Saxon Woods Road construction workers of permissible work hours Feb. 11.

Lost and found
A Chateaux Circle reported that she sent a health aide to the supermarket with a list and her credit card Feb. 9. The aide returned without the credit card. The card was cancelled.

Firefighters
Firefighters determined an odor in a Spier Road house was due to a dead rodent Feb. 8.
On Feb. 8, a contractor hit a sprinkler line at a Paddington Road construction site. Firefighters assessed the damage cautioned workers on safe excavation practices. Workers covered the unsecure and unprotected trench. The building department was advised for follow-up
On Feb. 10, a lit candle ignited some furniture inside a house on Colvin Road. The fire was extinguished before firefighters and police arrived.
A brush fire ignited due to fallen electrical wires at Boulder Brook Road and Saxon Woods Road. Firefighters stood by for Con Edison to cut power and then proceeded to extinguish the fire, which took more than two hours because wires continued to burn. It was later determined that crossed power lines was causing the arcing and burning. Con Edison rectified this problem. Police re-routed traffic for public safety.
Ten inches of water accumulated in a Brewster Road basement Feb. 8. Firefighters shut utilities and pumped out the water. Firefighters also advised the residents that the house sump pump was not working and advised servicing it immediately to prevent further flooding. A sump pump rep arrived on scene while firefighters were there. He was unable to assess the cause of the failure due to more floodwater and the possibility of raw sewage mixed into the water.
Firefighters assisted at a car accident on the Bronx River parkway Feb. 10.
On Feb. 11, firefighters helped a Drake Road grandmother get back inside her house after she accidentally got locked out with her grandson inside.
On Feb. 12, firefighters helped a Dolma Road woman get back inside her house after she accidentally got locked outside.
On Feb. 12, police climbed a tree and, with the help of firefighters, encouraged a cat to climb down from a high branch in the tree and safely jump to the ground on Brookby Road.
Faulty boilers in a School Lane building were causing slightly elevated carbon monoxide levels in the building Feb. 12. Firefighters opened windows to ventilate the space and advised management to service the boilers.
On Feb. 12, firefighters assisted at a rollover accident in Greenburgh.

This report covering police and fire department activity from Feb. 6 – 12 has been compiled from official information.

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