Storm Stops Scarsdale

Arrest: On the afternoon of 2/6, police stopped the driver of a 2000 Ford on the Post Road at Huntington Avenue and found that the driver, Darwin William had a suspended license in New York for failure to pay fines. Williams was given a summons and his car was towed.

Police received a report of an erratic driver on Fenimore Road on 2/6. They located the driver, followed him for two miles and saw the man talking on his cell phone, and crossing into the opposite lane. Michael Hirson of Chase Road, Scarsdale was stopped and issued a summons for distracted driving.

Hit and Run: Scarsdale police were contacted by Greenburgh police in regards to a hit and run accident involving a Scarsdale resident on the night of 1/31. However, when police went to the man’s Secor Road home his wife told them that they were getting divorced and that she did not know his whereabouts.

Disputes: Bob Harrison had a dispute with Emerald Tree Company about trees they were removing from the Shaarei Tikvah parking lot on Fox Meadow Road. Omar from Emerald Tree called police on the morning of 1/31 to report that Harrison was taking photos of the tree crew and Harrison also called police to complain that the trees were being taken down though there were green leaves on the treetops. It turns out the tree company had been retained by the Village of Scarsdale to do the work and had a valid work permit. Police told Harrison to contact the Building Department if he had further complaints. Later that day, police also got a complaint from Shaarei Tikvah about Harrison’s interference.

A Crawford Lane woman called police on the evening of 2/1 when she got into a verbal dispute with her sister and things got out of control. By the time police arrived, the sister was leaving in a cab.

Misunderstanding: Police received a call from Child Protection Services about a possible case of child abuse involving a Greenacres boy. The boy had an eye injury but when his mother took him to the hospital it was determined that the boy was accidentally hit by a sneaker.

Vandalism: A Wakefield Road man found that the driver’s side door of his car had been scratched while it was parked on Oak Way on the afternoon of /131. On 2/3 a Richbell Road woman reported that her 2004 Cadillac was keyed sometime in January. There were scratches on the passenger side door, engine hood, roof and trunk.

Identity Theft: On 2/1 a Bradford Road man reported that someone charged about $600 in scientific equipment from Broadmin Scientific using the Scarsdale man’s credit card. The purchases were made between 1/25 and 2/1 and shipped to an address in Plano, Texas.

Storm trouble: Ice, snow and trees caused many to get stuck this week: A concerned neighbor called police to assist a Hampton Road woman who was stuck in her driveway due to the ice on the morning of 2/2. Police assisted the woman into her house.

Another driver called police to stop traffic on Walworth Avenue while he drove his vehicle down Greenacres Avenue at 8 am on 2/2. Due to the ice, he was afraid he would skid and hit oncoming traffic.

At 8:47 am on 2/2, police were called to the intersection of Sycamore and Boulder Brook Roads to help a woman who was stuck in her car with children. At 10:21 am a Tory Lane woman called police to help her carry her two young children into the house.

On the morning of February 3rd a Harcourt Road resident got her car stuck in her driveway as the Village had plowed three feet and ice to the end of her driveway. Police were able to get her car out and advised her to park at the high school until the snow could be moved.

Sycamore residents were unable to get into their house due to snow and ice on the evening of February 3rd. Police offered to help the elderly couple into the house but they declined and said they would stay in a hotel.

On the night of February 5th, two cars skidded into a snow bank on Garden Road and had to be pulled out by R& D towing. Neither car was damaged.

Several large trees and branches fell during the storm on the morning of February 2nd:

• At 9 am, a large tree branch fell and pulled utility wires down with it at 1187 Post Road. The windshield, hood, roof and passenger door of a car that was parked in the driveway was damaged as a result. Con Edison was called to help.
• At 9:18 a large branch fell on Graham Road and pulled down cable and phone wires.
• At 9:20 a tree fell at 54 Fayette Road.
• At 9:54 am a large tree branch was reported down on Ridgedale Road.
• At 10:36 am a tree branch and wires came down on Tunstall Road

Locked in: A driver on Christie Place got locked into his car when the car’s battery died on the evening of 2/3 and the door locks would not open. Police advised the man to unlock the car manually.

Raccoons: Police removed a dead raccoon from Weaver Street on the night of 1/31. On the afternoon of 2/5 a Brookby Road woman called to report a raccoon on her deck. Police were able to shoo it to a wooded area.

From Greenburgh:

Combative Con Ed Man at Caffe Azzurri: Just after midnight on 2/7, a customer at Caffe Azzurri on North Central Avenue refused to leave the restaurant. Richard Saglimbeni, a 39 year-old Con Edison meter reader from Hartsdale became combative and challenged the owner of the restaurant to a fight. The angry customer punched his hand through a window at the rear entrance to the restaurant and when police arrived they took him into custody. He was treated for cuts on his right hand and booked, held and charged with criminal mischief.

At T.J. Maxx on Central Avenue, a young woman from White Plains was caught stealing bras, panties and other clothing valued at $191 on the afternoon of February 5th. Store security stopped her and found the items in her purse. As she is underage, she was referred to the Youth Court Detective.