The Burglars are Back!
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This past week, Scarsdale Police reported four burglaries: The first report was from a home on Walworth Avenue near the White Plains border where the home was entered sometime between 5 am on Tuesday 12/4 and 8 am on 12/7. The residents are not sure when the theft of several items of jewelry occurred. On the morning of December 4, the man of the house left the house to go to the gym at 5 am and noticed that the back door was slightly ajar. On 12/5, his wife went to put away her jewelry and noticed that several items in her drawer had been disturbed but she didn't notice anything missing. At 8 am on 12/7, the man found a side door to the house ajar and his wife realized that it had been forced open. At that point, the wife checked her jewelry and realized that two sets of earrings and a platinum chain with a diamond pendant were missing.
The next incident occurred nearby on Greenacres Avenue between 3:00 – 5:10 pm on Friday December 7. The wife returned home with two children at 5:10 pm and found her kitchen door wide open. Mail had been dropped on the stairs and her jewelry box containing numerous items was gone. She quickly left the house with her two children and called the police. Though the home is alarmed, the alarm was not activated at the time and there was no sign of forced entry. The resident was not sure if she locked the dead bolt to the kitchen door. The woman will provide police with a list of the missing items.
Later that evening, between 7:30 and 8:54 pm, police responded to the activation of a burglar alarm on Carthage Road. Since police were already on burglary patrol in that area they arrived on the scene just 43 seconds after receiving the call. They found that a rear patio door was shattered and found a pry mark on the left corner of the door. Police established a perimeter around the house, entered it and found a closed safe dropped on the floor of the family room on the first floor. On the second floor they found open empty jewelry boxes and jewelry thrown on the floor of the master bedroom. Drawers in the master bedroom were also tossed. Police left through the front door of the house was found to be unlocked!
On the afternoon of Saturday December 8 thieves returned to Greenacres and entered a home on Brite Avenue between 11 am and 3:15 pm while the residents were at temple. When the homeowners returned they found that jewelry boxes in the master bedroom had been disturbed and about $1,000 in jewelry was missing. At the time, all doors to the house were locked with the exception to the door to a porch/den area. One of the glass panels on that door was broken and it appears that thieves entered through that door.
We asked Scarsdale Lieutenant Thomas Altizio to comment on this rash of incidents and inquired as to whether or not they were all the work of the same suspect(s). Here is what he shared with us:
I want to emphasize that the Scarsdale Police Department thoroughly investigates every burglary that occurs within the Village. Burglaries can be challenging crimes to investigate because there is usually a lack of physical evidence and witnesses. These investigations will continue for extended periods of time, and involve interaction with multiple law enforcement agencies and investigative resources. We utilize all of the resources available to us as a part of our investigations.
Our investigations into these recent burglaries indicates that this is more than likely the work of more than one individual or group. We have already identified certain patterns within these occurrences, and had already deployed our personnel in the field accordingly. This targeted patrol enabled our officers to respond to a burglar alarm activation on Carthage Road within 43 seconds of receiving the call from the alarm company. That speedy response most likely interrupted the perpetrators, and lessened the actual loss to the homeowner.
To address this recent increase of break ins, the Police Department will be deploying an enhanced patrol presence of both uniformed and undercover officers in the affected areas. We obviously do not want to provide specific details on the deployment of our officers. We will continue to utilize our computerized license plate reader (LPR) system to provide us with information about vehicles traveling through the area.
Despite this enhanced police presence, our officers cannot be in all the areas at all times. That is why we are strongly encouraging residents to lock doors and windows, and activate alarm systems if you have them. Many of the recent burglaries have been crimes of opportunity, where no force was used, and entry was gained through unlocked doors. The more difficult your home is to enter, the more noise that will be made in doing so, and the risk of triggering an alarm in the process are all factors that will make your home less likely to be targeted.
The Police Department also encourages the community to keep a watchful eye on their neighborhood. There is no better deterrent than a neighborhood full of alert residents reporting suspicious activity. We encourage people to report any suspicious activity or persons they observe immediately, so that police officers can respond and investigate the situation. Any residents that may be utilizing video surveillance systems in or around their homes are asked to review the systems for any suspicious activity on Friday December 7th and Saturday December 8th. Suspicious activity should be immediately reported the police by calling 722-1200 or 911 for emergencies.
We appreciate the cooperation of the community in combating these break ins, and are committed to providing the resources necessary to resolve the problem.
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Burglary on Carthage Road Friday Night
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This just in from the Scarsdale Police: At 8:54 pm on Friday night December 7, police responded to a report of the activation of a burglar alarm at a home on Carthage Road at 8:54 pm. Since police were already on burglary patrol in that area they arrived on the scene just 43 seconds after receiving the call. The officers saw that the house had been "forcibly entered" and secured the perimeter. When additional police arrived they searched inside and found no one in the home. However, suspects had made an unsuccessful attempt to remove a safe, which was still inside the house. The scene was processed by the Scarsdale Police Department Detective Division and is an active investigation. Anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in the Carthage Road area between 8:30 pm and 9:00 pm is asked to call the Scarsdale Police at 722-1200.
Arrests, Burglary and Mischief from the Scarsdale Police
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Arrests: At 5:42 am on November 23, Zachary Simon, age 28, of Hastings drove his car into a telephone pole in front of 1 Walworth Avenue. He said something jumped out in front of his car causing him to "lose control and strike the pole." Police were stopped and told that there was a car in the middle of Fox Meadow Road and they searched the area and found Simon's car obstructing traffic on Walworth. They started to look for the driver and Simon walked over and said he had crashed. While police were speaking to him they noticed he was drunk. He failed sobriety tests and could not maintain his balance. He was transported to headquarters and found to have a BAC of .19% and charged with DWI.
A Hartsdale woman was stopped by police for texting while driving on East Parkway on the afternoon of November 23. A check of her license revealed it was suspended. She was given a summons for driving while using a portable electronic device and for unlicensed driving.
Burglary: A Harvest Drive home was entered on the afternoon of 11/23. The suspect shattered a glass door to the family room and went to the master bedroom where they tossed a dresser, nightstand and the closet. Jewelry and money were taken from the closet. Among the missing items were a watch, a gold necklace, gold and diamond hoop earrings and a bracelet together valued at $4,650. Police noticed that five light bulbs on the exterior of the house had been unscrewed. The home has an alarm which was not set at the time of the burglary.
Theft: At a construction site on Colonial Road, someone entered the garage and cut electrical wires sometime between 11/21 and 11/23. Damage was estimated at $1,000. A 50-foot spool of copper wire, valued at $300 and a Housqvana demo saw were also missing from the work site.
Tampering: A Rock Creek Lane woman reported a bizarre incident of computer tampering. She received a phone call on the afternoon of 11/24 from someone named Yanzzi who claimed to be from Microsoft. He said there was a problem with her computer and was able to access her computer remotely and show her which files were "infected." The call was then forwarded to another person who wanted her to send $20 via credit card to fix the problem. The woman said she would call back and took a phone number. The victim's son was home for the holiday and saw files being moved from the computer so he disconnected the computer from the internet and unplugged it. However, when he tried to turn it back on it was "password protected" and could not be unlocked. The son called back the number and asked if the computer was locked until he sent payment. The person on the other end gave conflicting answers but requested a $20 payment via credit card, or $200 via Western Union with an offer to refund $180. The victim's were not able to identify who was tampering with the computer.
Identity Theft: On 11/25 a Donellan Road woman reported the unauthorized use of her credit card. Someone used it to charge $8,000 worth of goods in Las Vegas in September.
Damage: Vandals damaged a fence on the Post Road at Taunton Road around 1:30 am on November 22. The Taunton Road homeowners heard banging toward the back of their property and then saw kids damaging the fence. They had already fled when the homeowner drove around to the Post Road to find them. Five sections of the fence as well as one post were damaged and the cost to repair it was estimated at $2,500. The homeowner hung up twine at the location of the missing fence because it was positioned in front of a 20-foot drop and he wanted to prevent people from falling. The homeowner reported that a similar incident occurred a month ago.
The garage window of a home on Kent Road was damaged at 12:30 am on 11/25. The residents heard a noise but did not find anything out of place. The next morning they found a 20 oz. can off wasp spray in the driveway. It appeared that someone had thrown the can at the window and damaged the frame.
On the Post Road, a large rock was thrown through a glass garage door window overnight on 11/24-11/25.
Mischief: A street sign and a stop sign were knocked over at the corner of Cohawney and Brewster Roads. The misplaced signs were found at 6:43 am on November 21.
On Mayflower Road, a homeowner reported that eggs were thrown at her house overnight on 11/19 -11/20.
Car Chase: A Heathcote man pursued a car that had attempted to enter the gates of his home on the afternoon of 11/24. At 1 pm he saw a black four-door sedan pull up to the automatic gate and though it opened, the car did not enter. Instead, the car backed up and waited to see if the gate would open again, which it did. The driver then backed up and went west on Heathcote Road. The resident got into his own car and pursued the car and caught up with it on the Post Road near Wayside Lane. The homeowner asked the three occupants of the car what they were doing and they said "visiting" and then drove away. The car was a 2012 Ford with Rhode Island license plates.
Missing: The owner of Courage B on Spencer Place called police to say that she received an email from her divorce attorney to say that the store's awning is missing. She co-owns the store with her husband and suspect that he removed it. Police attempted to reach the woman's husband but were unable to get in touch with him.
Found: A wallet belonging to a NYC woman was found on Garth Road at 6 pm on 11/22. Police contacted the owner and she picked it up.
Prescription Forgery, a Break-in and a Death on the Train: From the Scarsdale Police
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The Scarsdale PBA is conducting its annual "Toys for Tots Drive" and asks residents to donate a new, unwrapped toy at the Scarsdale Police Department from now until December 20. These toys will be distributed to less fortunate children in the community.
Avoid a parking ticket: Also, please note that from November 1 to March 31 cars cannot be parked overnight on Village streets. Police are now giving summonses to cars parked on streets between the hours of 2 am and 6 am. Avoid a $15 ticket by moving your car into your driveway or parking it on the roof level of Freightway garage, in the open lot at Freightway, in the Merchants' lot or in the Scarsdale Avenue lot.
Death: Police were called to the Scarsdale Train Station at 8:36 am on 11/28 to assist a man in cardiac arrest on the fourth car of the train. Police performed CPR and transported him to White Plains Hospital. The man, who was later identified as James B. Cohen, age 62 of Hartsdale passed away. He was formerly of Scarsdale and worked as an SVP at Morgan Stanley.
Prescription forgery: On 11/30, a 19 year-old man from Weaver Street was charged with possession of stolen property, diversion of a prescription and possession of forged instruments after he took a blank prescription form from a dermatologist's office and used it to attempt to buy Valium at Stratton Pharmacy on Weaver Street. The pharmacist was suspicious because dermatologists do not usually prescribe Valium and faxed the form back to the doctor's office. They confirmed that the prescription slip was missing and unaccounted for at the office. The pharmacist notified police who brought the prescription slip in question back to the doctor who confirmed that it was forged. Police also reviewed videotape of the suspect in the pharmacy. They contacted the suspect and he came to headquarters with his mother on 11/30 to surrender. He was processed for arrest and released on $100 cash bail.
Break-in: On Continental Room a home was entered on the night of November 30. Residents returned home around 10 pm and found a sliding door shattered. The closet in the master bedroom was tossed and the resident's will supply police with a list of missing items.
Theft: Police Report: A Boulevard Resident reported that $800 was missing from his home after he had movers from 1-800-GOT-Junk remove property from his home on 11/26. He said that one of the workers asked to use the bathroom on the second floor and then yelled for the other worker to come upstairs to bring him a new HAZMAT suit. The following morning, the residents said that two black wallets containing $800 were missing from a chest of drawers in the second floor hallway. He call 1-800-GOT-JUNK and the two workers returned to the house but did not admit to taking the money.
Accidents: A 17 year-old Eastchester boy drove into a utility pole on Taunton Road at 9:15 pm on 11/28. He said he was not familiar with the road and did not see the turn and ran into the pole and a mailbox. He complained of pain in his head and back and was treated by SVAC.
A Rugby Lane woman was hit by a car on the Post Road at 8 pm on Friday 11/30. The driver of the car, a White Plains man, said he was driving north on the Post road when the woman ran in front of his car as she crossed Post Road. She was not in the cross walk. She was hit in the right hip and taken to the White Plains emergency room for treatment.
Lost: An Oak Lane woman reported that her diamond ring that included three canary and three pink diamonds was missing.
Found: A Park Road woman found a wallet belonging to New Rochelle man on Eton Road on November 30th. She turned it over to police who contacted the man via Facebook and left a message for him to call the Scarsdale Police.
Trespasser: A woman who lives on Roosevelt Place repot that she saw a man standing in her backyard around 10 pm on 11/26. She described him at 5'10" wearing a dark wool coat and hat. When the man saw her he ran through her neighbor's yard toward the Post Road. The woman reported a similar incident on November 12th.
Wilson's Jewelers reported a suspicious man in the store on the evening of 11/28. He asked to see some diamond stud earrings and a Rolex watch but ultimately left the store without incident.
Locked in: A 21-month-old child was locked inside an Audi at the Alcott Montessori School on Crane Road at 3 pm on 11/29. Police and RJT assisted in unlocking the car.
Headed for trouble? At 11 pm on 11/29 a worried Innes Road father called police to say that he feared his son was hanging out with the wrong crowd at school who could lead him into serious trouble. The boy had purchased a pair of sneakers for $200 from another student. Police spoke to the boy who explained that his Dad was angry about the sneakers and said there were more issues.
Marital woes: A Stratton Road man requested police assistance when his wife came to house to remove some property on the morning of 11/30. On Lincoln Road a man who is separated from his wife called police when he came to pick up his daughter and she did not want to go with him per the custody agreement because she was tired. She subsequently agreed to go.
Stuck in the tub: Police went to a home on Colvin Road on the afternoon of 12/1 when a man who suffers from Alzheimer's refused to get out of the bathtub. His wife called for assistance.
Dispute: On the evening of 12/1, Birchall Drive residents called to say that their next-door neighbor was taking pictures of their daughter in front of their house. Police spoke to the neighbor who denied taking photos of the girl but was photographing construction that has been going on for "three years." She said she contacted the Building Department about the construction but they did not respond. Police checked the woman's cell phone and saw pictures only of the construction.
A Burglary and a Break-in: From the Scarsdale Police
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Break-in: A Saxon Woods Road man reported a burglary that occurred something between 5:45 and 10:00 pm on 11/17. The suspect entered by breaking a French door in the back of the house, went into the master bedroom and stole jewelry and watches. Police found pry marks on the door. The house backs onto the Saxon Woods Golf Course.
Missing: A Greenacres Avenue woman found that gold jewelry valued at $25,000 was missing from her bedroom on 11/17. The items were last seen in boxes inside her closet. She noticed that some items in the closet were moved and also said that workmen had come to the house the previous day to install blinds in the bedroom.
On November 14 an iPad and a gym bag containing clothing were taken from a 2006 Mazda in the parking lot at Scarsdale High School. The car's owner parked the car around 5 pm and when he returned at 7 pm the items were gone. Though he thought he locked the car, there were no signs of forced entry.
On 11/15, the guardian of an elderly man who lives on Mamaroneck Road reported that a framed copy of the front page of the newspaper was missing from the home. She suspected that it might have disappeared during the hurricane when the man moved out for a few days. The framed paper was valued at $500.
Identity Theft: A Cushman Road woman realized that she was the victim of identity theft when a 47" television was delivered to her home on September 21. It turns out the purchase had been made online, using her daughter's credit card number. Chase was able to credit her for the purchase but the company refused to take back the television and told her she would have to pay $175 plus a 20% restocking fee.
On 11/16 a Willow Road man reported that someone used his personal information to file a tax return. The IRS will investigate and requested that the resident file a police report.
Vandalism: An Overhill Road man reported damage to his flower planters and a statue of a gargoyle on 11/16. The planters were overturned and broken and the gargoyle was knocked over as well. He estimated the damage at $300.
Damage: A man from Sharon Lane reported damage to his property caused by a low wire on 11/14. A truck hit a Verizon wire which caused a telephone pole to snap at its base. The pole is owned by the resident. Con Ed repaired lines that fell as a result but advised the man to speak to Verizon and an attorney about repairing the pole.
Angry! Con Edison called police on the afternoon of 11/16 to say that a man on Crossway appeared to be suicidal. When police arrived the man was in the city and told police on the phone that he was "upset and angry with Con Edison" and was not planning to hurt himself.
Owl: A Secor Road man reported an owl in the road on the night of November 16. Police went to check the intersection of Secor Road and the Heathcote Bypass and found a dead owl in the street.This police report is sponsored by Scarsdale Security who does more than just security. Contact them about remote video for your home or business. Call 914-722-2200 or visit their website , http://scarsdalesecurity.com/
