LEWISBORO, N.Y. - Lewisboro Police responded to several incidents of fraud and theft in the latter part of February – with the first involving cell-phone hacking.
On Feb. 21, a South Salem couple discovered that their cell phones were suddenly off line. During a visit to an AT&T Wireless store, they discovered that a stranger had accessed their account – switching their numbers to another phone. Doing so enabled the fraudster to access their Amazon account and associated credit card numbers. The wife subsequently received alerts that food had been ordered from GrubHub and InstaCart – orders she hadn’t placed.
The couple reported the fraudulent activity to both credit card companies and cancelled their cards. On March 1, they reported the matter to Lewisboro Police to provide documentation to the credit-card company.
On Feb. 26, another South Salem resident reported an incident to police. His car had been ransacked while parked overnight next to his home, and a $300 pair of sunglasses was stolen.
Police responded to an assortment of traffic incidents and mishaps, but one on Wednesday, Feb. 12 was unusual because it involved a driver going the wrong way on Route 35. Bedford and New York State police assisted. The driver could not figure how to unlock the vehicle door but eventually lowered the window and removed his key from the ignition. The driver also was unable to answer several simple questions.
Police contacted the driver’s son, who informed them that his father had recently suffered from a heart attack and had a variety of other medical conditions. Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps brought the man to the hospital and Reliable Towing transported the vehicle for safekeeping.
On Saturday, Feb. 15, an officer conducting surveillance on Route 22 spotted a white van traveling north at a high rate of speed. After stopping the driver, a record check showed the man’s license to have been suspended after he failed to respond to a traffic summons. For this incident, the driver received three tickets – two for unlicensed operation and one for disobeying a traffic signal – as well as a court-appearance ticket. The car was impounded by East Towing.
On Thursday, Feb. 20, two vehicles traveling in opposite directions had a head-on collision while navigating a curve. The accident resulted in injuries to both drivers. They also stated that they had remained on the correct side of the roadway. The officer noted in his report that Mead Street lacks a checkered lane-dividing line.
An accident took place on Thursday, Feb. 27, on North Salem Road in Cross River. The driver made a right turn on red and collided with another vehicle, explaining that she had just picked up a sick dog from the vet and didn’t see the other vehicle. No injuries were reported, the drivers exchanged necessary information, and police drove the first driver home and helped her get her sick dog back into her house.
A driver with 14 license suspensions on his record – and an outstanding arrest warrant from Putnam County – was taken into custody by Lewisboro Police on Thursday, March 6. This happened when an officer was observing southbound traffic on Route 123 in South Salem and spotted a white SUV with an expired inspection sticker.
Upon stopping the driver, the officer learned that the inspection had expired last January and the vehicle’s registration expired in July. The driver’s license was suspended and he came up in the state database as a wanted person. The Town of Carmel had issued a bench warrant for failure to show up for a November court appearance.
The driver received two tickets for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, another for an uninspected vehicle, and a fourth for an unregistered vehicle. He also received a mandatory court appearance ticket and was brought to Lewisboro Police Headquarters, where Carmel Police took custody of him for the open bench warrant. His vehicle was impounded by East Towing.
On Friday, March 7, a deer strike resulted in damage to a vehicle traveling west on Route 35. The deer perished and the Wolf Conservation Center was notified to remove it.
Among other types of incidents, police responded to a report of a missing teen on Saturday, Feb. 15. As reported by the parents, the individual did not bring a cell phone or any other electronic device. The parents reported that the child had done this four times in the past. About an hour later, the teen was spotted on Gideon Reynolds Road and returned to the parent.
Police mediated a disagreement over a shared driveway Sunday, Feb. 16. A driver entered to pick up her children at her ex-husband’s house. Upon arriving she was accused of driving too fast by the neighbors – who had let their dog out unleashed. After interviewing both couples, the officer told them to avoid contact with each other, as much as possible. He also instructed them to contact Lewisboro Police if there are any further difficulties.
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