Police Report: After unnecessary calls, young men instructed on proper use of 911

On Aug. 12, a man called 911 from Freightway Garage claiming to be the president of the United States. He said he wanted his limo to pick him up. Patrol advised him it was not a police matter and he should not call 911 for such a reason. Patrol called the man's mother who said she was en route to pick up the man. The next day, the same man used a parking valet's office phone to call 911 to report his iPad was broken. The valet said the man used the phone without their permission and was not welcome at their facility. Patrol explained that it was not appropriate to call police over a broken iPad. The man's mother was informed. She escorted her son home and said she would continue to address the matter with him.

On Aug. 15, an Overhill Road boy called 911 because he did not think his parents were being fair. The boy said he wanted to have friends over, and his parents would not allow it, even though they previously said it was OK. The boy got angry and his parents disciplined him. He thought it was "unfair." The boy's mother said she told her son she did not want his friends to come over, and her son began "acting out." She said she disciplined him, and her son called 911. Patrol told the boy it was inappropriate to call 911 over such a matter. They told the boy to obey his parents and advised that parents are allowed to discipline their children. The boy said he understood.

Phishing scam
A person sent an email, allegedly from a Vanguard retirement fund, to a Brite Avenue woman Aug. 12. Believing the email to be legitimate, the woman provided personal information related to the account. Later, she realized approximately $20,000 had been withdrawn from her daughter's NYS 529 College Savings Account. She said the password and login information for the retirement and college savings accounts were the same, and she believed the accounts were affiliated with each other.

Identity theft
A Brewster Road man reported he was the victim of identity theft and fraudulent credit information was still showing up on his credit report Aug. 10. Patrol issued him an identity theft report to assist in clearing the fraudulent information.

Criminal mischief
An Overhill Road woman came home at 4 p.m. to find her 2012 Subaru's front windshield shattered Aug. 9. The car was backed into the driveway on Aug. 5 and was last seen without damage at 1 pm, Aug. 9. The woman's husband said he noticed two rocks placed on a pillar at the end of his driveway, near the damaged vehicle.

A Palmer Avenue woman thought someone might be vandalizing her property Aug. 16. She showed patrol a broken piece of cement near a storm drain close to her basement. Police said the cement might have broken naturally because there were many cracks in the cement. The woman also reported water on her grass and bushes. She thought someone turned on her outdoor faucet in an attempt to run up her water bill. Patrol noticed the outdoor faucet leaking. The woman said she usually turns off the water inside the house but could not remember if she turned it off that day or the previous day. Police advised there was no definite evidence of criminal mischief, and it was possible the occurrences had other explanations.

Attempted robbery
Police assisted Eastchester police in the investigation of an attempted robbery at the CVS store on White Plains Road in Eastchester at 9:15 a.m., Aug. 15. The suspect fled the store but left behind a note and a can of O.C. spray. The suspect was described a as a black man wearing a white mask, a white hat and black latex gloves.

Food truck
A food truck vendor attempted to sell food to workers at a Walworth Avenue job site Aug. 10. One of the workers told the vendor to leave. The worker said he had already called another vendor who was on his way to sell food. Words were exchanged, and the worker swung his arm to strike the vendor. The vendor blocked the worker's arm and made contact with the worker's wrist, causing it to bleed. Patrol advised the men to avoid contact with each other. They confirmed the vendor had a license to sell food from his truck on any public street.

Tree trimming
A tree trimmer said he was working on Herkimer Road when a neighbor approached him and aggressively argued with him about the tree work. The neighbor allegedly punched and kicked the tree trimmer's truck. The neighbor stated the tree trimmer grabbed him by the throat. The tree trimmer said he did not touch the neighbor and instead just drove away in his truck. Patrol told the neighbor that he did not hire the tree trimmer, and he should not interfere with his work.
A Park Road resident complained that a neighbor's landscaper left debris on his property Aug. 15. According to patrol, branches were neatly piled on village property. No violations were noted.

Suspicious
At 4:15 a.m., Aug. 10, a Brambach Road resident heard his car alarm activate. He went outside to check on his car and saw a young man standing nearby. The young man was described as approximately 20 years old, wearing dark shorts, a white shirt and a fisherman's hat. The young man said he was taking pictures of the sky and he alleged to live in the area. He walked away in the direction of Ewart Road. Police canvassed the area but did not find the young man. Further investigation and conversation with Eastchester police revealed a nearby Eastchester car with its dome light on and items tossed around the glove compartment and floor. Eastchester police said a stolen car and a few other larcenies occurred in cars in the village.

Doorbell
Someone rang a Springdale Road doorbell approximately four times in a row and then abruptly left at 12:45 a.m., Aug. 11. Police canvassed the area but did not find anyone.

Runaway
A woman asked police to help her attempt to contact her ex-sister-in-law, on Palmer Avenue, to see if her 17-year-old daughter was at the house Aug. 14. The ex-sister-in-law said the girl had left and was at a male friend's house in Stamford. Patrol advised the woman to follow up with her local police department, as an apparent runaway situation.

Help
On Aug. 11, following a man's claim to a doctor that he had assaulted his wife, police checked the welfare of a the residents in the house. According to the report, everything was confirmed to be in good order.

Police attempted to check on a Quentin Road woman, but she was not home Aug. 12.

Cars and roadways

• Police removed branches from Post Road Aug. 11.
• They alerted Con Edison and a tree service about primary wires resting in broken tree branches on Wayside Lane Aug. 11.
• Police contacted Verizon and wrapped up a low hanging wire on Herkimer Road Aug. 12.
• A driver complained about a roadwork site without a flagman in place at Drake and Madison roads Aug. 12. Patrol spoke with the workers, and a flagman was put in place.
• A driver got stuck in the CVS parking garage on Popham Road Aug. 12. Police assisted in getting a parking garage employee from another facility to help open the gate.
• A driver moved a car away from a fire hydrant on Clarence Road Aug. 16.
• Seven car accidents were reported in the village this week.

Animals
A sick skunk was on a North Chase Road driveway Aug. 11. The animal did not respond to patrol's lights or sirens, as it appeared to be very sick and disoriented. Police were unable to shoot it because it was on an asphalt driveway. They provided the homeowner with contact information for trappers.

On Richbell Road, police short a raccoon with severe injuries to its legs and midsection Aug. 14.

Village code

• Police asked the manger of Saxon Woods Grill to lower the volume of music Aug. 13.
• Police asked a Cooper Road homeowner to turn off or lower the volume of loud party music at 12:10 a.m., Aug. 14.
• Police issued summonses for using leaf blowers to landscapers working on School Lane Aug. 10, Burgess Road Aug. 12 and Brewster Road Aug. 13.
• Police issued a summons to a group of kids loitering at Edgewood School playground at 11 p.m., Aug. 16.

Lost and found

• A Webster Bank customer found a Scarsdale Police PBA retired shield in the parking lot Aug. 14. He gave it to ban personnel who gave it to police.
• On Aug. 10, a Post Road man reported losing his license plates after he removed them from an old car in order to transfer them to a new car.
• A girl found a cell phone and two credit cards at Lange's Deli Aug. 10. She emailed the owner and gave the items to police. The owner promptly picked them up from police.
• A woman reported losing her brown Louis Vuitton wallet near 7-Eleven on Garth Road Aug. 10. It contained her ID card from Spain, an international driver's license, a debit card and $13 cash.
• A Lenox Place man said he used an iPhone feature to trace the location of his lost phone to Sycamore Road Aug. 13. Police and the man went to the area and saw a construction crew at work. They asked if anyone had found a lost phone. The workers said they had found a phone on a street in Larchmont. They gave it to police who returned it to the man. They phone was damaged from being in the street.
• A man reported his wife lost her car keys, for a Lexus, somewhere between Hampton and Fox Meadow roads Aug. 15.

Fire

• A gas odor reported by a Rodney Road resident was determined to be coming from gas cans, paint thinner and acetone cans in the garage Aug. 11.
• Firefighters notified Con Edison about a gas odor in an Edgewood Road house Aug. 12.
• Firefighters notified Con Edison about a gas odor on Fox Meadow Road Aug. 13.
• A contractor using a gas-powered saw released carbon monoxide in a Sycamore Road basement Aug. 14. The building department responded. Firefighters ventilated the house. The workers were instructed not to use a gas-powered saw in the basement.
• Firefighters stood by for Con Edison at the site of a gas odor along Stonehouse Road curbing Aug. 14.
• This week, firefighters assisted at three car accidents in the village and on parkways. They responded to 14 false alarms caused by cooking smoke, device malfunction and shower steam.

This report covering police and fire department activity from Aug. 10-16 was compiled from official information.