Scammer Strikes Scarsdale P.O.

Scammer: An unknown man bilked the Scarsdale Post Office out of $90 on the afternoon of June 22. The man asked to purchase an $81.00 money order and handed the postal worker a $100.00 bill to pay for the transaction. After he received the money order and the change, the customer claimed it was the wrong money order and asked for his money back. The worker returned the $100 bill to the man. However, shortly thereafter the customer returned and claimed that he had been handed a $10 bill rather than a $100 bill. The postal worker apologized and handed the man a $100 bill. However it turns out that he already had his $100 and thus made off with a second $100 bill. The suspect is described as a black male, 5’ 10” tall, 160 lbs with a white beard. Police are investigating a similar incident in Harrison.

Ring first: A nanny at work at a home on Harvest Drive said that another nanny from a neighboring home came into the Harvest Drive home without permission on 6/29. The unannounced guest rang the doorbell repeatedly, rattled the door handle and then walked into the house. The woman claimed that she came looking for aspirin, and finding the door ajar she pushed it open. There was no sign of forced entry and nothing was missing from the house. Police spoke to the woman who entered the home. She was cooperative and said that she often visited the other house. She was told not to go inside the house again without permission.

Fight: The super and the doorman at 50 Popham Road got into an argument on the morning of 6/28 and the doorman, Carl Bailey, shoved Superintendent William Gummerman. The dispute concerned vacation and overtime selection. Police contacted the building supervisor who agreed to handle it and police told the feuding men to stay away from each other.

Harassed: A concerned Brown Road woman reported that she received a disturbing phone call on Tuesday June 28 at 2:33 am. The caller said, “this is rehab, I ‘m coming over to rape you.” Since the woman works in nursing, she was worried.

On 6/29, an 83 year-old Quaker Ridge woman reported that she is continuing to receive harassing phone calls. The caller demands that she send money. She receives the calls both at home and at work and the incessant calls to her office were so annoying that her employer asked her not to come in to the office.

Neighbors at Heathcote Road and Sherbrooke Road continue to argue about golf balls. The balls are being hit from the golf range at the house on Heathcote Road onto the neighboring property. The Heathcote Road residents have filed a harassment report against their neighbor.

Damage: On June 29, a Seneca Road man found his basketball pole bent at the base and it appeared that a vehicle had backed into it. The man thought it might have been hit by a garbage truck making a pickup, as the garbage pails are kept next to it.

Accident: An 88 year-old New Rochelle woman, driving a 2002 Toyota collided with a car driven by an 18 year-old driver at the intersection of Secor and Sycamore Roads on the morning of June 30th. The 88 year-old woman and her 79 year-old passenger were both taken to White Plains Hospital by SVAC.

Thefts: A $300 bike and lock were stolen from the bike rack on East Parkway on June 30th. Two bikes, together valued at $950 were stolen when they were locked to a tree in front of Moscato Restaurant on Scarsdale Avenue on July 1st. The lock was taken as well.

A gym bag belonging to a 17 year-old Swarthmore Road girl was found on her neighbor’s lawn on July 1st. The girl realized that her GPS, charger and gym bag were stolen from her 2011 Honda CRV during the night of 6/30-7/1. She was not sure whether or not the car was locked.

Egged: A house on Potter Road was egged over the weekend of 6/24 – 6/27. No damage was done. On July 1, a Bell Road man returned home at 4:35 am and found eggs in his driveway.

Graffiti: Graffiti was found on picnic tables and benches in Chase Park on June 27th.

Fireworks: Police received a complaint that fireworks were going off at Hyatt Field at 11:30 pm on 6/28. When they arrived, police found used fireworks and a smoldering pile of tree branches. They attempted to put out the fire and also called the Fire Department. Police also found a second pile of debris near the Potter Road side of the park.

Noise: At 9:30 pm on June 30th, police received a complaint about noise at the Saxon Woods Grill from a Stonewall Lane man. Though the officer did not think the noise was too loud he did stop by the Saxon Woods Grill and spoke to the owner who agreed to turn down the volume.

Say what? At 5:44 am on July 1st an Ogden Road man called to report a disoriented young man on the street. When police arrived they found a soaking wet young man running through the sprinklers barefoot. Police took him home to an address nearby. The boy’s father reported that his son sleepwalks on occasion.

Hot dog! Police received a report that a dog was locked in a car parked on Chase Road on a very hot afternoon. The car windows were closed. Police were able to remove the dog from the car through the sunroof and when the dog’s owner returned to the car she was issued a summons.