Police Report: Identity Thieves Target Scarsdale Residents

Identity Thefts: A School Lane resident reported that someone made three failed attempts to take $400 out of his checking account without his authorization on 1-25. The bank then issued new credit and debit cards to the man and his wife. Though the man's wife did not activate her card, two unauthorized withdrawals of $160 each were made from two Chase banks in Scarsdale on 2-2-13. The victim stated that no one else had access to his account and no cards were lost so he was concerned as to how someone was accessing their accounts. The man reported the unauthorized transactions to Chase.

On 2-13 a Chateaux Circle woman reported that two credit cards had been opened in her name at Toys R Us and at Walmart. The cards had been used to buy $175 in merchandise from Toys R Us and to order a baby thermometer that was delivered to her Scarsdale address.

A Fox Meadow Road man reported that between 1-18 and 1-25-13 he received three credit cards in the mail for which he did not apply. A card from The Gap was used to charge $3,000 in merchandise and cards from J. Crew and Bloomingdales each had charges of $300.

On 2-17 a Post Road man reported that two of his credit card accounts had been compromised. He learned from Chase Bank that someone had reported that his credit card was stolen and requested that a new one be sent to an address in Minnesota. Charges of $799 were made on that card. In addition, a similar attempt was made on his Discover account where someone requested that a new card be sent to McClean Avenue in Mt. Vernon. However Discover flagged the request as suspicious and did not send the card.

Lost and Found:

Missing Toyota: A Walworth Avenue woman called police at 7 am on 2/13 when she awoke and found her 2010 Toyota Camry missing. She suspected it was stolen. However it turns out that the car was repossessed.

Stolen Goods Returned: A framed newspaper print of George Washington that had been stolen from the home of a Mamaroneck Road man was returned to the owner on the morning of 2-13.

A mother in law reported that her daughter-in-law had removed items from the safe deposit box held by her son and her daughter-in-law on 2-16. However, since the box was held jointly the daughter-in-law had the right to access it. Police got in touch with the daughter-in-law who agreed to turn the key over to her husband.

Napping: A resident reported that a person was asleep in his car at the Brite Avenue tennis courts on the morning of 2-13. Police spoke to the man who said he was passing through Scarsdale between jobs and pulled over to take a nap.

A Magnolia Road man complained on 2-16 that his neighbor was walking his dog without a leash. Police stopped by the home of the dog walker and advised them that dogs must be on a leash in Scarsdale.

Fight: A feuding Oneida Road couple called police on the afternoon of 2-16 when they got into a dispute about going to an afternoon appointment. When police arrived the two agreed to spend the day apart and cool off.

Public Urination: A woman called police on the afternoon of 2-16 to say that a man had just attempted to break into her car that was parked at the Scarsdale Community Baptist Church. Police spoke to the man and found that he was not breaking into the woman's car – but he was peeing near the rear driver's side tire. He said that he had received a blood transfusion that day and was unable to hold his urine.

Harassed: A 78 year-old woman who lives on Windsor Lane reported that she received approximately 40 unwanted phone calls between November 1, 2012 and February 11, 201.3 The caller would claim that she had won a prize and instruct her to send a money order to claim the winnings. The police called back the number from where the calls originated and the person on the other end denied making the calls.

Accidents:

Overturned Sanitation Cart: at 7:15 am on 2-11 a Highway Department employee, who was driving a sanitation cart on Catherine Road, skidded, slid into a snow bank and rolled the vehicle over. By the time police arrived, the vehicle was already back on its wheels.

The same morning, a driver from Hartsdale Taxi, travelling on Cayuga Road with his passenger in back, lost control of the car, and ended up atop some bushes on the front lawn of 8 Cayuga Road.

On the evening of 2-11, three cars were damaged when they drove through a pothole on the Post Road. Two of the cars had damage to both the front and rear passenger sides wheels and were towed away while the third car had only one damaged tire and could still be driven. Police notified the Highway Department to fill the holes in the road -- which they quickly did.

An employee from the Highway Department complained that ice on the road had caused his car to skid off Murray Hill Road at 6:35 am on the morning of 2-11. The passenger side front wheel rim and the car's alignment were damaged when he slid into the snow.

At 9 am on 2-14 someone from the Alcott Montessori School called police to report that a woman had fallen on the ice in the parking lot. However the woman who fell said she was fine and did not request help. By the time police arrived, she as gone.

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