Police Report: Slashed Tires, a Dog Bite and a Death

April Sunset: Photo Credit Shelley GrafsteinStolen equipment: On March 24, a River Rd. man reported he bought music equipment from Facebook Marketplace and later learned that the equipment was discovered to have been stolen. He learned this when he attempted to resell it and learned that the serial numbers had been reported as stolen.

Slashed tires
On March 24, a Nelson Rd. woman reported a neighbor reported a suspicious man was walking around her property, which was under construction. He was wearing a face mask, a red jacket and ripped jeans. Video surveillance captured him taking something out of his pocket and kneeling down by her parked Mercedes-Benz SUV. Police recommended that she have her car inspected by a shop as a precaution to make sure the underbody was not damaged. Later the woman called back to say that the tires had been slashed.

Identity theft
A Bell Rd. resident reported being involved in a scam and giving out the last four digits of her Social Security number and banking institution name on March 28. Police advised to notify the bank as a precaution.

A Spencer Place restaurant reported that someone with fraudulent credit cards has been ordering food from the restaurant and having it delivered to a White Plains address March 29.

Threats
A Dunham Rd. woman reported that her sister-in-law told another family member that the sister-in-law was going to go to the woman’s house to “beat her up” March 24. She reported it to police as a precaution. She said she did not believe the sister-in-law knew knew where she lived and that such statements were common with the sister-in-law.

Homeless
On March 24, police receiving a report of a homeless man looking through a trash can on Brite Ave. Police canvassed the neighborhood and picked the man up from Brewster Rd. and transported him to a local shelter.

On March 24, a homeless man entered a Depot Place business and began to act aggressively. He said he was looking for a place to stay. Police called a local shelter, but they were all at capacity. The man refused further assistance and went on his way by foot.

On March 25, a homeless man was asked to leave a Dept Place location after workers complained he was causing a disturbance inside the location.

Trespassing
A Potter Rd. resident reported his neighbor’s children came onto his property to play there without his knowledge or permission March 25.

Help
Police reunited an elderly woman, who was confused on East Parkway, with her husband, March 25.

Police stood by while a man removed personal property items from Kathy Lane March 26.

Death
An Elm Rd. woman died at home of natural causes March 25.

Bike path
A dog on the Bronx River Parkway bike path reportedly bit a passerby March 27. Westchester County police handled the incident.

An assault reportedly occurred on the BRP bike path March 29. Westchester County police handled the incident.

Village code
Police issued summonses to landscapers using gas-powered leaf blowers on Fairview Rd. March 25, Barry Rd. and Walworth Ave. March 26, Birchall Dr. and Paddington Rd. March 27, and Heathcote Rd. and Palmer Ave. March 29.

A worker was cutting a dead tree with a chainsaw on Murray Hill Rd. and Post Rd. March 25. Police advised him he needed a permit.

Police removed an illegally posted sign from Post Rd. March 26.

Police told noisy youths that they needed to go inside their house on Dolma Rd. after neighbors complained March 26.

Police removed and illegally posted sign from Saxon Woods Rd. March 27.

Lost and found
A wallet was found in the Village and brought to headquarters March 27. Police notified the owner who picked it up at headquarters.

Firefighters
On March 27, firefighters stood by for Con Edison at the site of a hissing gas meter, with no signs of leakage, on Shawnee Rd.

Gas was leaking from a stove in a Brewster Rd. house March 27. Firefighters stood by for Con Edison and recommended getting the stove serviced.

Firefighters assisted at a car accident on Mamaroneck Rd. March 28.

A small rubbish fire was found near Heathcote School on Fayette Rd. March 28. Firefighters extinguished the fire and looked for people who might have set it. They did not find anyone. Residents in the area told firefighters they saw some young adults setting rubbish on fire but did not intervene.

Firefighters helped police get into an accidentally locked police car without damaging the car March 29.

This report covering police and fire department activity from March 24 - 31 has been compiled from official information.

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