Police Blotter, March 8 – March 14, 2022, Print Edition

County Police/Mount Kisco

Mar. 1: A Moore Avenue resident reported at 6:46 p.m. that someone had removed a package that had been delivered and left in the lobby for her. The building superintendent reported that he has video of a person who took the package. An investigation is continuing.

Mar. 1: A resident arrived at the Green Street precinct at 7:10 p.m. to report that someone had used her identity to take out a car lease. The woman had already been in contact with the leasing company, which is looking into the matter, and recommended she file a police report.

Mar. 2: Police responded to a South Moger Avenue business at 11:58 a.m. after a man called to express concern for the safety of his daughter in Putnam County. The man told officers that he believed his daughter was being physically abused by her boyfriend. Officers contacted state police in Brewster and troopers responded to the woman’s residence to conduct a domestic violence investigation.

Mar. 2: Jasmine Martinez, 30, of Fisher Court in White Plains, was charged at noon with petty larceny, a misdemeanor, on a complaint from staff at Target on North Bedford Road. She was accused of leaving the store without paying for more than $700 worth of merchandise found in her shopping cart. She was booked at the Green Street precinct and released pending an Apr. 7 appearance in Mount Kisco Justice Court.

Mar. 3: A home health aide reported at 11:05 a.m. that she found a Sutton Drive resident deceased when she arrived for work at the elderly woman’s residence. Police and Westchester EMS responded and determined that the death was of apparent natural causes.

Mar. 4: Three men reported loitering inside a laundromat on East Main Street at 11:23 p.m. The men agreed to leave the premises.  

Croton-on-Hudson Police Department

Feb. 21: A caller reported an individual sitting in the shade of a tree just north of the bathhouse at Croton Landing at 2:52 p.m. wearing a hooded sweatshirt and having a samurai sword. He believed the sword is unsheathed. The complainant reported the individual is not waving the sword around or threatening anyone. There was no other description of the individual other than the hooded sweatshirt. Patrols were dispatched and reported the individual is a 12-year-old boy and the sword is a toy. The youth was with his father, who was fishing.

Feb. 25: A Hispanic male wearing a blue and white baseball cap and face mask and with tattoos on his hands entered the village’s engineering office and police headquarters at the Croton Municipal Building on Van Wyck Street at 1:30 p.m. to ask questions and was filming with his cell phone camera. He stated his name was “Guy” and was there at the building at the request of “the people.” He asked for the police department’s phone number and left without incident. A message and photo of the subject was sent on Slack. The Department of Public Works reported the same male tried to enter the DPW building and was not permitted access. The man left the building in a 2020 gray Nissan Altima.

Mount Pleasant Police Department

Mar. 3: At about 5:30 p.m., police received a call for assistance by the state police. A juvenile out of Dover Plains, Dutchess County, was missing and endangered. State police had the juvenile’s cell phone location tracked. Mount Pleasant officers canvassed the area and located the juvenile runaway. She was turned over to state police and her mother.

Mar. 4: A business located off of Route 9A in Hawthorne reported that a catalytic converter was removed from one of the company vehicles overnight. An investigation is ongoing.

North Castle Police Department

Feb. 26: Report of a dispute at a gas station on North Broadway at 11:48 p.m. A caller reported a customer asked to use the bathroom but was declined access. The caller stated the individual became irate and started to yell at him in a threatening manner. The complainant also stated the customer had left the store and was apparently awaiting an Uber ride. The individual was described as a tall white male between 40 and 50 years old with a white beard. The responding officers reported that the party is no longer on the premises and appears to have left the area.

Feb. 27: A caller reported at 2:40 p.m. that a customer at the Stop & Shop on North Broadway is attempting to shoplift. The caller described the party as a white female wearing black leggings, a black shirt and black “slides.” Officers responded and depositions were secured. A report to follow.

Feb. 27: An officer conducted a traffic stop at 5:31 p.m. on Cox Avenue, and upon an e-justice inquiry, the registered owner of the vehicle was shown to have had her driving privileges suspended in New York. The officer reported that the vehicle was removed from the roadway by Armonk Garage and the driver was processed roadside and given a desk appearance ticket with an Apr. 5 return date.

Mar. 1: A Windmill Road resident reported at 3:46 p.m. that she believes her tenant possibly took her credit card from her bedroom and processed several charges on the card. Information was gathered; a report to follow.

Pleasantville Police Department

Feb. 27: A male driver was arrested at 8:33 a.m. and charged with DWI after he had passed out at the wheel on Bedford and South View roads.

Feb. 28: Report of a larceny on Manville Road at 7:25 a.m. A patron left Farrows Gas Station in a white Acura after failing to pay.

Mar. 1: Report of a father-and-son dispute on Weskora Avenue at 7:35 p.m. An order of protection was filed.

Mar. 3: A Hildreth Place homeowner returned at 6:18 p.m. to find the house ransacked. An investigation is underway.

State Police

Mar. 1: State police, in conjunction with the Westchester County Department of Probation, arrested Vincenzo Fidanza, 40, of Somers, in connection with possessing multiple illegal substances and three weapons. Fidanza was found with about 21.5 pounds of marijuana; 2.7 pounds of Psilocybin mushrooms; 246.9 grams of THC oil; 101 grams of marijuana wax; 1,516.2 grams of amphetamines; 552.2 grams of alprazolam; 2.4 grams of cocaine; and 11 grams of oxycodone. Fidanza also had one Romarm SA/CUGIR AK-47, one Eagle Arms Eagle-15 and one 12-gauge Mossberg shotgun in violation of his terms of probation. He was charged with seven counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and one count of first-degree criminal possession of cannabis, all felonies, and third-degree criminal possession of cannabis and criminal possession of a weapon, both Class A misdemeanors. He was arraigned in Town of Somers Court and remanded to the Westchester County Jail without bail. 

White Plains Police Department

Mar. 4: Naomi Del Carmen Asmat was arrested and charged wtih second-degree assault and first-degree criminal contempt in connection with an incident at 170 Grand St.

Yorktown Police Department

Mar. 3: Perry Freeman, 36, and Schaniqua Oglesby, 35, both of Mohegan Lake, were arrested at 9:34 a.m. and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child as part of a joint investigation conducted by Yorktown and Westchester County police into local narcotics sales that started last year. After executing a search warrant, police alleged a quantity of various narcotics was located and a child living in the residence had their welfare endangered by the defendant’s alleged actions.

Mar. 3: Spencer Reed, 27, of Peekskill, was arrested at 9:39 a.m. and charged with reckless endangerment, reckless driving and resisting arrest after driving away at a high rate of speed and almost hitting two officers as they approached a vehicle parked on Lexington Avenue. A passenger, Perry Freeman, 36, of Mohegan Lake, was also charged in connection with an arrest warrant issued by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department after he and Reed jumped out of the vehicle and tried to run away.

Mar. 3: Mariana Vasquez, 48, of Ossining, was charged with petty larceny at 3:06 p.m. after allegedly stealing $394 worth of merchandise from Macy’s at the Jefferson Valley Mall.

Editor’s Note: The policy of providing names for people who have been arrested varies between each department.