Crime & Safety

Scarsdale PD: Burglar Strikes Circle Road Home

Excerpts from the Scarsdale Police Log. The following information was supplied by the Scarsdale Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Another burglar struck a Scarsdale home over the holidays.

Scarsdale Police responded to a burglar alarm call for a Circle Road home on December 29. SPD found a kitchen door had been damaged, an outer storm window forced off and a glass pane of a kitchen door shattered. Police found the door open, according to the police report.

Police discovered fresh footprints in the snow, "apparently made by the suspect as he fled the area."

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During the investigation, a neighbor told SPD that he "observed a strange individual in the backyard...He described the individual as a male of average size and weight, wearing a black jacket, a black hat, dark-colored pants and a large black book bag," the report states.

Police called the homeowner, who was returning from vacation. Once he arrived and inspected the house, he found the thief stole a wooden jewelry box containing costume jewelry from the master bedroom.

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Police are investigating the case.

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