Sound Shore

Thirty-five cars in just over three hours.

That, police said, is the tally for two young men who allegedly helped themselves to the contents of dozens of unlocked cars in Pelham Manor early Thursday morning.

John Manfredie, 18, of Pelham Manor, and Julian Horrabian, 19, of Yonkers, were arrested at 3:20 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Oak Lane and Clay Avenue.

According to police, the two men were found with $169 in coins and $40 in paper bills; numerous cell phones, iPods and GPS units;  a laptop computer; and credit cards. They had made their way across town, authorities said, targeting unlocked cars in driveways and in front of homes.

The pair face multiple charges, including petit larceny, trespassing and a felony count of criminal possession of a credit card. Additionally, Manfredie was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. Horrabian was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a credit card and fourth-degree grand larceny, both felonies.

Manfredie has two felony convictions on his record and Horrabian was previously arrested on a violation-level marijuana charge.

Pelham Manor Police Chief Al Mosiello said men’s spree began around midnight. He said police believe the two stole belongings from another five cars earlier in the week. “I would advise all residents to lock their doors,” Mosiello said. “They look for unlocked doors and help themselves.”

The Juniors Leagues of Bronxville, Central Westchester, Northern Westchester, Pelham and Westchester on the Sound are holding a Legislative Breakfast with local legislators from 9 to 11 a.m. May 20 at Greenburgh Town Hall, 177 Hillsdale Ave., Greenburgh.

Invited legislators are expected to speak about the economic, legislative and health challenges in the state and county schools in regard to providing better nutritious food for children.

Among those invited are Congresswoman Nita Lowey; Christina Rohbatynskyi, director of Food Bank for Westchester; Nancy Huehnergarth, director of NYSHEPAA; Delly Beekman, president of the American Junior Leagues International; and Mary Ann Sullivan, supervisor of food services for Yonkers Public Schools.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Amy Nay of News Channel 12.

PELHAM MANOR
Wolfs Lane: A $250 bag containing $300 in gift cards, credit cards, and $250 in video games was stolen from an unlocked car parked in a home’s driveway May 6 to May 7. The bag was found hanging from a tree around the corner on Sherwood Avenue, and personal papers were found on a Sherwood Avenue neighbor’s front lawn.

Carol Place: $1,500 in photographic equipment and cases were stolen from a home May 5. There was no forced entry.

HARRISON

Anderson Hill Road: A 36-year-old Harrison man was accused of driving drunk
after police received reports of his vehicle mounting the sidewalk on North
Street at 9:50 p.m. April 24. Police said John O’Donnell was intoxicated
when stopped after police saw him swerving from lane to lane on Anderson
Hill Road. O’Donnell of 8 South Road was charged with misdemeanor driving
while intoxicated and ticketed for two traffic infractions.

LARCHMONT
Palmer Avenue: A chair customarily kept outside of a business was discovered
damaged April 24.
Larchmont Avenue: Unspecified items were discovered stolen from a Larchmont
Avenue apartment April 25. There was no forced entry. A list of stolen items
is being prepared.
Bonnet Avenue: An undetermined amount of jewelry was stolen from a home that
was broken into between April 18 and 25.
Palmer Avenue: A $600 bicycle was stolen from a Lot 1 bicycle rack April 26.
Chatsworth Avenue: A $1,300 bicycle was stolen from Lot 3 on April 26.
Boston Post Road: A Belmont, Mass., man who drove up on the front lawns of
two 2000-block homes at 8:15 a.m. April 27 was accused of driving under the
influence of drugs or alcohol, police said. Police are awaiting results of
tests, and have charged Richard Courtney, 23, with driving while ability
impaired, a misdemeanor. Police said Courtney¹s physical condition made it
clear he was not capable of driving. He damaged about $250 in landscaping at
one house and lost his license plate and did additional damage to a
neighboring house when he drove up onto the lawns, police said. He and his
disabled vehicle were found on Elm Avenue, about three blocks off of Boston
Post Road.
Boston Post Road: A woman left a fraudulent prescription at the 1310 Boston
Post Road CVS April 25. She never returned to pick up the order, police said.
Rockland Avenue: A bag containing $20 in clothes was stolen from an unlocked
car between 11:40 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. The owner saw someone exiting the car
and running away.

Boston Post Road: Police arrested Jennifer M. Principe, 26, of 5 Prospect
St., Oyster Bay, NY, May 4 for dropping off a fraudulent prescription for
oxycodone at the 1310 Boston Post Road CVS April 25. Principe was charged
with second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, felony.
Valley Road: Citibank notified a Mamaroneck town resident May 2 that someone
tried to cash a $450 check against the resident¹s account. Police have not
determined where the attempt was made.

MAMARONECK VILLAGE

Hall Street: A 2009 Hyundai was stolen from a 700-block home¹s driveway late
April 27 or early April 28.
Rushmore Avenue: Two teens were treated for facial bruises after the
17-year-old driver accidentally hit the accelerator and struck a wall on the
900-block at 3:24 p.m. April 27. The driver was a Mamaroneck village woman.
Her passenger was a 15-year-old Larchmont resident.
Boston Post Road: An $800 laptop computer was stolen from a 1200-block
business between April 20 and 21. The theft was reported April 29.
Halstead Avenue: A 56-year-old Byram, Conn., man had a broken nose after
Joseph Raper, 32, allegedly punched him in the face at 12:47 a.m. April 30,
police said. The victim was taken to Sound Shore Medical Center. Raper of
Mamaroneck village  was charged with misdemeanor assault.
Hommocks Road:  Three mailboxes were discovered dented April 30.
Prospect Avenue: A woman¹s pocketbook was stolen from her home and the keys
inside used to steal her Buick around 11 p.m. April 30. The 2006 car was
found undamaged in Mount Vernon later. Police are still investigating and
would not release where the car was found in Mount Vernon.
Walton Avenue: A car was egged between 9 a.m. April 30 and midnight May 1.
Richbell Road: Fireworks were thrown out of an unidentified apartment window
at the rear of the 200-block apartment building shortly before 11 p.m. May1. Passers-by were not injured.
Boston Post Road: A handicap parking permit was stolen from a car between 6
p.m. May 2 and early May 3. No damage to the car was reported.
Mount Pleasant Avenue: A $350 bicycle was stolen from a home¹s back yard
between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. May 3.
Boston Post Road: A cellphone was stolen from a backpack on the 1000-block
May 4.

PELHAM MANOR

Pelham Parkway: Police are investigating the theft of a Fairway Market
employee’s wallet from her purse April 24. The theft was reported April 28.
The purple wallet containing $47 was removed from her purse which was stored
at her cash register.
Pelham Parkway: Two Bronx men were accused of stealing 25 wooden pallets
from the rear of Fairway Market for resale at Hunts Point, police said. Luis
Alberto Valentin-Morales, 41, of 1810 Lafayette Ave. and Lorenzo Mendoza,
43, of 1735 Lafayette Ave. were charged with petty larceny when they
returned to Fairway Market covered with wood splinters with their van
containing shards from the pallets at 8 p.m. April 28, police said. The men
thought the pallets were being thrown away, police said.
Pelhamdale Avenue: A man dressed in a light blue work shirt and dark blue
work pants tried to get a housekeeper to let him in to allegedly fix the
boiler at 2:20 p.m. April 27. He pulled on the door of a 400-block residence
before running off when the housekeeper went to call the homeowner to
confirm the service call, police said. The man was described as a male black
in his late 20s -early 30s, about 6 feet tall and 250 pounds. He was wearing
a navy Yankees cap.
Pelham Parkway: Two Bronx men were accused of stealing bails of corrugated
cardboard from Fairway Market April 28. Three bails worth $225 were found in
their van, police said. Richard Echevestre, 42, of 1262 Spafford Ave. and
Joel J. Suarez, 26, of 455 Jackson Ave. were charged with petty larceny.
Peace Street: Manhattan resident Jerame M. Morgan was accused of entering
six cars and stealing navigation systems, change, cellphones, jewelry and
assorted other property from five cars May 1, police said. Morgan, 20, of
225  Eighth Ave. took Pelham Manor police on a 45 minute tour of the Bronx
and Pelham Manor streets pointing out the cars he had entered or tried to
enter, police said. A Peace Street resident saw Morgan in her car and called
police. Morgan had stolen property on his person from unlocked cars on
Jackson, Washington and Grant avenues, Secor Lane, and Split Rock Road,
police said. Morgan was charged with five counts each of petty larceny and
fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, misdemeanors, and six
counts of trespass, a violation.

PELHAM VILLAGE
Fourth Avenue: Two parts of a vehicle roof rack were stolen while the car
was parked in upper Lot 2 between 8:45 p.m. April 20 and 8 a.m. April 27.
Clifford Avenue: Three cars were entered at different homes late April 26 or
early April 27. A navigation system was stolen from a 2001 Honda Odyssey and
loose change was stolen from a 1997 Honda Accord.

PORT CHESTER
Oak Street: Two men carrying a case of beer were assaulted, one slashed with
a broken bottle, when they would not give beers to two passers-by at 5 a.m.
April 25. The victims, 29 and 31 of Port Chester, were carrying the case
into an Oak Street multifamily residence, when two short men started a fight
over not being given beers out of the case, police said. The 29-year-old was
taken to White Plains Hospital Medical Center bleeding heavily from his
right arm.
Puritan Drive: $3,600 in men’s and woman’s jewelry was stolen from a home
between May 1 and 2. The rear door was found unlocked.
North Main Street: A man showing a New Jersey driver’s license rented a 2011
Chevrolet Tahoe from Enterprise Rent-A-Car using a fraudulent credit card
April 29. The vehicle, due back Monday, has not been returned. Port Chester
police said the car rental business is also working with Westchester County
police because several other car rental locations have had similar
incidents.

South Main Street: The owner of The Bird House spent the night in his shop
after noticing someone had cut the store window with a glass cutter right in
front of two $3,000 birds May 3. The 6 South Main St. store owner was
worried someone was planning to come back and steal the birds that night. He
had to have the window replaced.

RYE
Purchase Street: An envelope containing a BP gas credit card was stolen from
the mailbox at the victim¹s place of employment between April 27 and 28.
Five unauthorized charges were made against the card in the Bronx.
Midland Avenue: An iPhone and wallet were stolen near the Rye Rec basketball
court around 4:45 p.m. April 30.
Boston Post Road: A Bronx man, 57, was charged with misdemeanor petty
larceny after he climbed out of a God’s Property Clothing Drop Box in the
1121 Boston Post Road lot May 1. Police said Steven A. Campbell of 1403
Taylor Ave. had the equivalent of two tall paper bags of clothing, some
brand new, that he had stolen from the donation box.

RYE BROOK
Westchester Avenue: Paraco Gas employees’ personal information may have been
compromised after someone broke into the company’s 800 Westchester Ave.
human resources office May 4. Nothing was stolen, but a filing cabinet had
been broken into.
King Street: A snowblower was stolen from a storage room at 1186 King St.
The theft was reported May 3.
Doral Greens Drive: About $5,000 in jewelry was stolen from a home between
12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. May 3. A window screen was cut for entry; the thief
fled out the front door, leaving it unlocked.
South Ridge Street: Police accused Keisha L. Murrell, 23, of 385 East 183
St., Bronx, of presenting a fraudulent prescription for 180 oxycodone
tablets at the 253 S. Ridge St. CVS at 2:46 p.m April 29. The name of the
medical provider and the telephone number on the form were fake, police
said. Police arrested Murrell at a second CVS at 182 South Ridge St. when
she tried to pass another fraudulent prescription the same day, police said. Murrell was
charged with felony second-degree criminal possession of a forged
instrument.
South Ridge Street: A man pulled the you-gave-me-the-wrong-change scam at
the 115 South Ridge Street Hudson City Savings Bank and walked out with an
extra $90 at 3:19 p.m. April 29.

The Pelham Art Center plans to shimmy, foxtrot and Charleston right into the Roaring Twenties on Saturday, May 14 at its “Gatsby Garden Party,” the Center’s 36th annual spring benefit.

An announcement says, “Guests will feast on a three-course small plates gourmet dinner served at stations complete with decadent desserts, all catered by Pelham’s own “Rollin’ Bistro” – restaurant Bistro Rollin’s new catering business. Cocktail options will include wine, beer, and cocktails including the evening’s signature drink, the Southside. The sounds of the Jazz Age will fill the air throughout the evening with dance music following dinner. All ticket levels include dinner, dessert and cocktails. Valet parking will be available…. Among the bevy of silent auction items, guests may bid on a private tour of the Brant Art Foundation in Greenwich, CT, select art pieces, CNBC and Art in America internships as well as stays in private homes in Budapest, Ireland and Bar Harbor.” There will be the Robins Art + Giving Fund, where guests may make contributions to directly fund free art workshops, class scholarships, bus transportation for visiting schoolchildren, free gallery tours, and artists-in-residence for at-risk youth.

The event is being organized by Committee Co-chairs Leslie Berkery and Robin Bratone, as well as Board Chair Barbara Carden and President Anna Riehl.

Individual tickets are $175 (Sponsor), $400 (Patron) and $1,000 (Benefactor) and can be purchased by phone, mail or online (pelhamartcenter.org/events). The RSVP deadline is tomorrow. For more information, call 914.738.2525×111 or email springbenefit@pelhamartcenter.org

Larchmont
North Avenue: Cable wires were reported cut April 18 on the exterior of a business. No residences were affected.
Chatsworth Avenue: A $375 bicycle was stolen from the bicycle rack in Lot 3 on April 19.
Railroad Way: A Mamaroneck village woman reported that her wallet and cell phone were stolen from her purse when she left it unattended briefly at the Cellar Bar at 4 a.m. April 22.

Mamaroneck town
Boston Post Road: A White Plains woman violated an order of protection by calling a Mamaroneck town man while she was making a court appearance April 21 for a previous violation of the order. Police said Jessica L. Spista, 22 and of 12 Pleasant Ave., called the man in front of the police matron at 11:25 a.m. She was charged with first and second-degree criminal contempt, a felony and misdemeanor, as a result of the latest incident. She was in court for a bail hearing on an arrest from April 17 for violating the same order on that day, court records indicate. Bail was set at $1,000.

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HomeGoods, which sells off-price home fashions, is opening new stores in Pelham Manor on May 5 and in Port Chester on May 22.

The 27,000 square-foot Pelham Manor store is located in The Post Road Plaza, Hutchinson River Parkway and Route 1. The 25,000 square-foot Port Chester store is located in the Port Chester Shopping Center, Boston Post Road (Rt. 1) and 287 E & W St.

Both stores will open their doors at 8 a.m. on their grand opening day. The stores are expected to fill approximately 60 full and part-time positions. HomeGoods will donate $5,000 to the Westchester Children’s Association and $5,000 to Family Services of Westchester to mark the store openings.

At their 8:15 meeting tonight, Pelham Manor Village Board members are expected to adopt the proposed budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. According to Maryalice Barnnett, the deputy village clerk, the proposed budget will increase spending about $600,000 over the current budget to $13,032,494.

To help pay for that increase, the tax levy will climb to $10,907,212. That represents a 3.84 percent increase for private homeowners and a 10.21 percent increase for commercial property owners.

Barnnett said much of the increase is due to the rising retirement and health insurance costs. She said the village’s retirement expenses are set to go up 37 percent.