Port Chester police blotter: shots fired, man scammed out of $4,000 & more • 11.03.10
Washington Street: What started out as a verbal feud between groups of black and hispanic people led to shots being fired around 10:28 p.m. Oct. 29. No one appears to have been injured, police said. Witnesses said they heard three to four shots and everyone ran. No gun has been recovered. The incident is under investigation.
Robert Avenue: While a woman had a yard sale, someone entered her home and stole about $7,000 in jewelry Saturday. There was no forced entry.
North Main Street: A 54-year-old Port Chester man is out $4,000 he gave to two men Nov. 1 to pay alleged fees to collect on a lottery ticket. Police said two men approached the victim on his way to the Chase Bank telling him they were illegals and needed money to collect on their winning lottery ticket. They offered him some unspecified sum for his $4,000 and told him to follow them to White Plains in his car to collect. They sped off in a navy blue Dodge minivan, losing the victim.
Westchester Avenue: Someone threw a rock through the front glass door of Master Cuts barber shop between Oct. 30 and 7:10 a.m. Nov. 1, shattering the door. No one entered the shop.
North Main Street: Someone cut the chain locking a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle to a pole at the Horton Avenue intersection and stole the cycle. The theft was discovered a 1:48 p.m. Nov. 1
Port Chester Police Blotter: Car impaled on a Boot and a Car Repair Scam, • 07.28.10
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Grace Church Street: Police accused a 45-year-old Riverside, Conn., man of mooning a woman he knew as she drove by him at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Police said they found Michael Martinez of 4 Bertolf Road sitting on a wall near where he had pulled his pants down and turned his rear toward a Port Chester woman, 49, that he knew. He was charged with misdemeanor public lewdness.
Putnam Avenue: A Yonkers man demolished a wheel-locking boot a private guard put on his Lincoln Town car, as well as the undercarriage of the car, when he drove off with the boot Tuesday night. Police said Imad Saleh, 45, of 46 Bennett Ave. parked the car in a private lot marked for customers only at 26 Putnam Ave. shortly before 10 p.m., when the business was closed. While across the street at a Chinese restaurant, a security guard booted the car. Refusing to pay the $70 fee for its removal, Saleh attempted to drive off. Police said the Lincoln Town car, impaled on the boot, had canceled Connecticut plates on it. Saleh was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief for destroying the boot and ticketed for having an unregistered vehicle.
Westchester Avenue: Someone entered the basement of 315 Westchester Ave. through a window and stole $700 in clothing, a lamp and a mirror Sunday or Monday. The burglary was reported 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Westchester Avenue: A Stamford, Conn., man reluctantly paid two men $40 for spray painting his car in the Costco lot Monday afternoon. Police said two men in an old black Ford Explorer pulled up next to the man’s parked car, offered to repair scratches on the vehicle for $100 and proceeded to spray paint the car even though the victim refused their offer. When they finished they demanded $100; he offered $20. All finally settled on $40. No one was arrested in the scam.
Parker Street: A bottle of Valium capsules, a sterling silver chain and bracelet were stolen from an apartment between 10:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Monday.
Waterfront Place: Someone smashed a window on a car and stole a GPS while it was parked on the first floor of the Stop & Shop lot late Monday early Tuesday.
