Weekly Police Blotter: January 3, 2022 to January 9, 2022
Posted on: January 14, 2022 - 11:24am
Weekly Police Blotter – 1/03/2022 to 1/09/2022
Date/Time: 1/03/22 7:28 AM
Location: Shoprite Plaza south area
Call Type: Suspicious Incident
Narrative: Shoprite staff reports a suspicious male at location possibly homeless. Caller describes male as Hispanic or Asian, approx 5'7'' wearing a winter hat. Employee states it appears he may be trying to set up camp on the south side of the store. Patrols dispatched and report locating male and advising him he cannot stay there. Male complied and left area.
Date/Time: 1/03/22 10:58 AM
Location: Oneida Avenue
Call Type: Lift Assist
Narrative: 60 Control dispatched Croton EMS on a lift assist. Patrols also responded to residence. Patrols report task completed by EMS personnel without incident.
Date/Time: 1/03/22 3:16 PM
Location: Harrison Street
Call Type: Welfare Check
Narrative: Caller reports he is a Chief of a Fire Dept. in the lower Westchester area and earlier today a former employee was served with a termination of services letter. He indicates he is concerned for the employee’s safety being the former employee reportedly made a verbal threat that he will harm himself. He also reports the employee made veil threats to him as well. Patrols dispatched to the residence of the former employee. Patrol officers met and spoke with the employee. He indicated he was upset being his retirement is final but was ok. Patrols encouraged him to contact the NYS Police & Firemen's Retirement System in order to clarify any benefits due. Fire Chief may follow up with local police department where he received the threat.
Date/Time: 1/03/22 3:47 PM
Location: Croton Point Avenue
Call Type: Annoying phone calls
Narrative: Caller an employee of a local business reports an unknown individual has called the business multiple times today making threats. It is unknown who the subject may actually be. Caller reports the business employees do not have a record of the number or name in their system. Croton patrols dispatched to the business. Patrols interviewed employee and it is still unknown who is initiating the calls. No further action at this time.
Date/Time: 1/03/22 5:43 PM
Location: Municipal Building parking lot
Call Type: Custody Exchange
Narrative: Patrols stood by while parents exchanged custody of their daughter. Mother gave custody of her daughter to local resident. Patrols report mother wanted to let the Croton Police know her daughter’s father put a GPS type tracking device in their daughters brown jacket. She reports she removed the device from her daughter’s jacket.
She was going to raise the issue with the Family Court and her daughters Guardian Ad Litem. She believes the device was really being used to track her whereabouts. She indicates she will follow up with her private attorney, Family Court and her daughters court appointed attorney as well. She was also advised to provide the Mt. Vernon Police Department with a copy of the temporary order of protection.
Date/Time: 1/03/22 6:35 PM
Location: North Riverside Avenue
Call Type: Medical Aid
Narrative: Resident requesting Croton EMS for her husband who is having medical complications. She reports he had surgery five days ago. Croton EMS and patrols responded to the residence. Aided transported to PMHER by CEMS.
Date/Time: 1/03/22 6:59 PM
Location: South Riverside Avenue
Call Type: Burglar Alarm
Narrative: Alarm company reports the entry/exit motion detector activated for a local business. Patrols responded and report the key holder is on scene. Alarm company requested a cancellation for police response. Patrols dispatched to business. Patrols interviewed an employee who stated, she had just finished setting the alarm and was traveling down South Riverside when she was notified that the alarm had gone off. She then returned and attempted to reset the alarm. She relayed to me that the alarm has been having issues lately and that the alarm company had been notified. Exterior appears secure, confirmed accidental activation. Unit clear.
Date/Time: 1/03/22 9:59 PM
Location: Albany Post Road
Call Type: Suspicious Incident
Narrative: Resident reports being out by the new building on Albany Post Road. He noticed lights around the building flickering and thought it was suspicious. Patrols responded and met caller and patrols checked the building exterior. Patrols report building is secure but the corner lights were flickering.
Date/Time: 1/04/22 7:48 AM
Location: Mount Airy Road
Call Type: Animal complaint
Narrative: Caller states there is an injured raccoon that she pulled off to the side of the roadway. She states the animal can barely move and needs to be put down. Patrol dispatched. Patrol unfortunately put the animal down.Date/Time: 1/04/22 9:29 AM
Location: Half Moon Bay Drive
Call Type: Utilities Issue
Narrative: Caller reports she works for Westhab Management Company and a resident's daughter called to report her mother's apartment has a strong odor of gas. 60 Control notified and dispatched the fire department. Con Edison on scene. CFD and Con Edison Gas handling.
Date/Time: 1/04/22 12:28 PM
Location: Shoprite Supermarket plaza
Call Type: Medical Aid
Narrative: 60 Control dispatched an ambulance to the parking lot of 490 South Riverside Ave (Shoprite) for an unresponsive female in a white Toyota. Patrols dispatched. Aided transported to Phelps via ambulance.
Date/Time: 1/04/22 1:35 PM
Location: Hessian Hills Rd
Call Type: Burglar Alarm
Narrative: Alarm company reporting an activated alarm in the vestibule. Patrol dispatched and found the home to be locked and secure.
Date/Time: 1/04/22 4:13 PM
Location: Elm Street
Call Type: Medical aid
Narrative: 60 Control dispatched Croton EMS via plectron to a residence on Elm Street. Croton patrols report the aided refused further medical treatment.
Date/Time: 1/05/22 7:09 AM
Location: Half Moon Bay Drive
Call Type: Utilities Issue
Narrative: 60 Control reports an activated commercial fire alarm at local business and CFD being dispatched. Patrol dispatched. Patrol reports CFD apparatus on scene and checked location. Patrols report an employee set off alarm in error.
Date/Time: 1/05/22 7:55 AM
Location: South Riverside Avenue
Call Type: Burglar alarm
Narrative: Alarm company calling to report a front door burglar alarm activation. Patrol dispatched and reports alarm was set off in error by staff.
Date/Time: 1/05/22 12:20 PM
Location: Grand Street
Call Type: Suspicious person
Narrative: Caller reports a man in an orange face mask walked into her backyard and looked into her dumpster. She reports the man walked out of her backyard and down the double yellow line on Grand Street and urinated on the retaining wall alongside the Grand Street sharp turn. Patrols dispatched and encountered the individual on South Riverside Ave who is known to police as a combative EDP homeless person. Subject involved requested a ride to the train station. Croton patrols transported subject to the Croton Harmon Train station without incident.
Date/Time: 1/05/22 6:13 PM
Location: Half Moon Bay complex
Call Type: Fire Alarm
Narrative: Alarm tech called in a commercial fire alarm at building number 6.
60 Control notified and dispatched Croton Fire apparatus. Patrols dispatched, Croton Fire personnel handling alarm.
Date/Time:1/05/22 9:43 PM
Location: Croton Harmon Train Station – 4 Veterans Plz
Call Type: Medical Aid
Narrative: 60 Control dispatched CEMS to track 4 for a medical aided possible seizure. Patrol dispatched. Patrol reports aided refused medical attention and MTA PD were on scene.
Date/Time: 1/06/22 8:54 AM
Location: Truesdale Drive
Call Type: Dog at large
Narrative: Caller reports a man and a woman were walking a small black dog off its leash. Caller reports he told the man he was breaking the law and the man said "I break a lot of laws". Caller stated he lost sight of the couple and dog. Patrol dispatched. Patrol report the couple and dog are GOA.
Date/Time: 1/06/22 12:05 PM
Location: Hal Moon Bay Dr.
Call Type: Fraudulent Activity
Narrative: Resident in headquarters to report he has been the victim of a Con Edison bill pay scam. Resident reports he was contacted by someone pretending to be from Con Edison and that he had an unpaid balance. Complainant states he made multiple separate payments to the fraudulent Con Edison totaling almost $5,000. Patrols conducted a preliminary investigation. Investigation continuing.
Date/Time:1/06/22 1:35 PM
Location: Croton Police H.Q.’s
Call Type: 911 hang up
Narrative: 911 hang up call received on PSAP at CPD H.Q.’s. Attempts to call connect to an automated answering service. Patrols dispatched. Patrols report all in order at that location.
Date/Time: 1/06/22 3:48 PM
Location: Young Avenue
Call Type: Medical Aid
Narrative: Caller reports his brother in law is having an anxiety attack and shortness of breath because he believes he might have COVID-19. 60 Control notified and dispatching ambulance. Patrols responding and advised to stand by outside. Patrol reports aided refused medical attention.
Date/Time: 1/06/22 4:10 PM
Location: Arrowcrest Drive
Call Type: Burglar Alarm
Narrative: Alarm company reports an activated burglar alarm at residence. Patrols responded and met homeowner who set off the alarm in error.
Date/Time: 1/06/22 5:00 PM
Location: Shoprite Supermarket – So. Riverside Ave
Call Type: Petit Larceny
Narrative: Store employee reports an attempted larceny in ShopRite. Patrol dispatched. While on scene staff reports the suspect a female left in a Cadillac. Employee confronted the female and managed to recover the items without incident and advised her to not return to the supermarket. Blotter only at this time.
Date/Time: 1/06/22 5:50 PM
Location: North Riverside Avenue
Call Type: Personal Injury Auto Accident
Narrative: NYSP called reporting an elderly male struck by a motor vehicle while attempting to help someone back out of the driveway. Patrol dispatched, 60 Control already notified and dispatched CEMS responding. Patrol reports aided transported to a local area hospital. Accident report to be filed.
Date/Time: 1/06/22 6:08 PM
Location: New York Sports Club – So. Riverside Avenue
Call Type: Vehicle lock-out
Narrative: Customer locked their keys inside of their 2013 Kia. Croton patrols responded and were able to gain access without incident.
Date/Time: 1/06/22 8:15 PM
Location: Brook Street
Call Type: Unauthorized Use of Vehicle
Narrative: Resident in HQ with his parents to report that he lent his parents car to a friend to go pick up her dad and never returned. Her cell phone was off and he was worried something may have happened to her. Resident then called her dad, who had no plans to get picked up by his daughter. Resident now in HQ wanting to file an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle charge. While in HQ, his friend called and said she is driving back from Queens to Croton to drop off the car. Owner advised her if she brought back the car tonight he would not press any charges. Condition Corrected.
Date/Time: 1/06/22 10:57 PM
Location: Old Post Road North
Call Type: Welfare Check
Narrative: Resident of Old Post Road North said a young man wearing a baseball cap and a black jacket knocked on his door asking for help because his parents won’t give him his passport. Patrols checked the area and located the male involved walking to H.Q.’s. Parents contacted and were advised patrol will transport their son home. Patrols drove male resident back home to his parents without incident
Date/Time: 1/07/22 1:13 AM
Location: South Riverside Ave
Call Type: Vehicle & Traffic
Narrative: Patrol reports he observed a vehicle exiting parking lot of local business. When the operator of the Subaru Impreza pulled up to patrols he said he was doing donuts in the snow. Patrol advised him to not do it again.
Date/Time: 1/07/22 7:55 AM
Location: Route 9 South
Call Type: Property Damage Auto Accident
Narrative: Caller reports he observed a silver Mazda spin out in the snow on Route 9 South and strike a guiderail just before the Senasqua exit. Patrols dispatched and report the vehicle was gone upon arrival.
Date/Time: 1/07/22 8:28 AM
Location: Phelps Memorial Satellite Offices
Call Type: Burglar alarm
Narrative: Alarm company reports an activated burglar alarm. Croton patrols responded and reports the alarm was set off in error by employees on site.
Date/Time: 1/07/22 9:12 AM
Location: Half Moon Bay Drive
Call Type: Auto Accident
Narrative: Caller reporting a motor vehicle accident. Patrol dispatched and report the accident is involving a motor vehicle and a tractor being utilized by the landscaping company. Patrols to file an accident report.
Date/Time: 1/07/22 11:37 AM
Location: Farrington Road
Call Type: Dispute
Narrative: Caller reports she was assisting her neighbor who lives on Farrington Road. Resident reports she was shoveling snow when a woman from across the street on Farrington Road came out of her home and yelled at the caller. The caller stated she didn't look up or engage the woman who yelled at her and made racist remarks. The caller stated the woman then went back into her home. Caller states she wanted to have the incident documented.
Date/Time: 1/07/22 3:15 PM
Location: Croton Point Ave exit ramp
Call Type: Obstruction on highway
Narrative: Caller reports a large, 25 foot tarp, in the roadway on the Croton Point Ave Exit off of Route 9 North. Patrol dispatched and report someone moved the tarp to the side of the roadway prior to police arrival.
Date/Time: 1/07/22 8:45 PM
Location: Albany Post Road
Call Type: Welfare Check
Narrative: Caller reports a man is walking north bound on Albany Post Road near Arrowcrest Dr. on the double yellow line trying to hitch hike. Patrols on scene requesting an ambulance for the person in distress. Aided transported to a local hospital.
Date/Time: 1/08/22 2:22 AM
Location: Sunset Drive
Call Type: Medical alert
Narrative: EMS dispatched to residence for a medical alert activation. Patrol responded and reports the alarm was set off accidentally by the homeowner.
Date/Time:1/08/22 9:34 AM
Location: Croton Commons – South Riverside Ave
Call Type: Medial aid
Narrative: Caller reports seeing a man in front of Bagels on Hudson fall and get a cut on his head. The man said he did not want an ambulance and left the area. Patrols canvassed the area and could not locate the individual or his vehicle.
Date/Time: 1/08/2022 9:42 AM
Location: Whelan Ave
Call Type: Suspicious Incident
Narrative: Caller reports that her neighbor directly behind her has been pointing laser lights into her windows. Patrols walked around the house and did not see anything. Patrols attempted to contact the caller to determine the proper house but she was not at home.
Date/Time: 1/08/22 1:31 PM
Location: Grand Street
Call Type: Parking complaint
Narrative: Resident reports a truck was parked in front of his driveway and he could not get out. Patrols responded and reports issuing a parking summons.
Date/Time: 1/08/22 5:29 PM
Location: Rt. 129
Call Type: Vehicle & Traffic
Narrative: Caller reporting an erratic driver on 129 turned onto Old Post Road North. Vehicle is a gray Toyota, patrols checked the area with negative results.
Date/Time: 1/08/22 6:16 PM
Location: Sunset Drive
Call Type: Medical alert
Narrative: 60 Control dispatched CEMS to Sunset Drive residence for a life alert activation. Patrol dispatched and confirmed alarm set off in error.
Date/Time: 1/08/22 8:00 PM
Location: Whelan Avenue
Call Type: Welfare Check
Narrative: Father reports his son and daughter called him crying from his ex-wife's house and said they want to go home “mommy is acting crazy”. He is concerned for their safety and wants them to go home with him. Father has full custody of the children and this is the mother’s weekend for visitation. He thinks she is acting very strange and reports his ex-wife took the kids IPhone's today and changed the numbers because she thinks they are being tracked. The mother agreed to allow the children to leave for the night with their father. Child Protective Services contacted and initiated a case and will be following up.
Date/Time: 1/08/22 11:58 PM
Location: Grand Street
Call Type: Burglar Alarm
Narrative: USA Central calling to report an alarm activation at Robins Pharmacy, office motion. Patrols dispatched. Patrols report the building's doors are secure.
Date/Time: 1/09/22 1:05 AM
Location: Grand Street
Call Type: Icy roads
Narrative: Caller reports he was travelling from Yorktown on Route 129 towards Croton and noticed that the roadway is extremely icy at the intersection of 129 and Batten Road near the dam. DPW personnel notified and crews dispatched.
Date/Time: 1/09/22 8:10 AM
Location: Whelan Avenue
Call Type: Other not listed
Narrative: Resident called in reference to not having heard from her son and daughter today. She indicates yesterday they both went with to their father and now she is trying to make contact with them and no one has responded. Desk Officer made contact with father of the children and he will have the children call their mother. He also will be following up with his ex-wife's parents to check in on her.
Date/Time: 1/09/22 10:35 AM
Location: West Mount Airy Road
Call Type: Property Damage Auto Accident
Narrative: Resident reports sliding on roadway and crashing his Tesla. No injuries reported. NYSP contacted and responded to location in Cortlandt.
Date/Time: 1/09/22 4:27 PM
Location: Prospect Place
Call Type: Automatic Fire Alarm
Narrative: 60 Control reporting activated CO2 alarm at location and CFD dispatched. Patrol dispatched. Patrol reports CFD on scene and checked the residence. Patrol reports alarm set off in error. CFD personnel on scene handling.