Unusual Suspects: Barefoot and Knife-Wielding; Group Of Girls Talks A Lot
Recent strange and unusual crime in the Hudson Valley.
Barefoot and Knife-Wielding
A man with a knife was supposedly standing behind a red vehicle and not wearing shoes in Mount Kisco. The man reportedly got into a vehicle that looked like a Jeep and went northbound on Lexington Avenue.
A Man and His Dog
Harrison police said a man on Lakeview Avenue stopped a burglary in his home. Doug Harrison encountered Lawrence Morrison, 29, the would-be burglar allegedly made a threatening gesture, then ran away. Harrison and his Rottweiler chased Morrison to the burglar's home, when his mother turned him in to police. Morrison is charged with first-degree burglary and attempted escape—both felonies—and misdemeanor charges of menacing, criminal mischief and possession of burglary tools. He is being held in Westchester County Jail without bail.
Rabid Skunk in Mount Kisco
Police confirmed that a skunk killed recently was rabid. The skunk was possibly behind a Nov. 12 attack on a 21-month-old girl bitten in her Beverly Road yard. The girl was hospitalized and vaccinated for rabies as a precaution.
People Do Love Their Hondas ...
Someone took a donated 1998 Honda without permission for a joy ride on Fenimore Road in Larchmont.
McDonald's Drive-Thru Too Slow for One Taxi Driver
A Tarrytown taxi driver called police to report a slow-moving McDonald's drive-thru, which he said may cause him to lose a customer. When police arrived on scene, they issued a village code infraction to the driver for not displaying his taxi identification badge, returnable to Justice Court on 11/17.
Surprise! Teens Hang Out Together, Talk Loud and Laugh
A group of 13-to-14-year-old girls hanging out in Hastings on Warburton just after 10 p.m. were supposedly laughing and "kidding around" when an unidentified male yelled from a window: "If you don't stop screaming, I will actually [expletive] kill you." The girls got scared and ran north on Warburton. Elsewhere in Hastings, an Edgewood Avenue resident reported a "large group of teenagers" going into the woods, but police didn't find them.
Fresh Kicks
A Port Chester man swapped his old sneakers for a fresh new pair at Kohl's Wednesday, but didn't take well to a security guard's attempt to stop him. David Wllis, 41, said "I'll cut you!" according to witness statements. Willis then ran, but a D.A.R.E. officer in the area took him into custody. Willis is charged with third-degree robbery, a felony.
nAV-dEepi
10:30 am on Saturday, November 19, 2011
A man with a knife was supposedly standing behind a red vehicle --- http://bit.ly/vK8eTA
Paladin
10:55 am on Saturday, November 19, 2011
Hey, Patch Staff,
Your attitude is a good example of why Western civilization is in decline. You wrote, "Surprise! Teens Hand Out Together, Talk Loud and Laugh," implying that it was bizarre to take exception to the behavior of the group in question. Here is a clue: Kids that age should NOT be "hanging out" on the streets at such a late hour. And the fact that they were is BAD parenting. Moreover, they certainly shouldn't be disturbing the peace at that hour.
Even people with corrupted judgment should be able to understand that nothing good happens when "hanging out" late at night. Are these kids going to educate themselves, earn a degree or make an important business contact hanging out at that hour? Or is it more likely that they'll have sex, get pregnant, do drugs or drink in such a situation? Why do you think the illegitimacy rate today is 40 percent?
Ever hear of a curfew?
Wise up.
Joe Doakes
11:27 am on Saturday, November 19, 2011
Yeah those girls should wise up! They should grab some beer and trepass on a local golf course, find some boys and have a party, like I did. Actually it's what we use to call fun. What these kids today need to learn is how to do it without alerting the authorities, getting hurt, or getting caught by their parents.
How are these kids going to be able to compete in this world if they can't even do that.
:)
publius271
12:26 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2011
Lighten up. People like you are the reason being a young person in Westchester is such a drag. Bored teenagers constantly harassed by bored law enforcement at the behest of anal bourgeois parents who think that a little drinking, pot smoking, or even just hanging out is some harbinger of civilization's decline.
Bob Zahm
1:01 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2011
@Doakes - you think the kids today don't know how to have a party w/o getting caught? Then maybe you've missed the piles of beer cans in "discrete" locations.
Charmian Neary
1:09 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2011
In case this letter is an attempt at satire, I will be restrained in my response. The Paladin screen name can be a little intimidating.
Taking the Patch staff to task for not taking "exception to the behavior of the group in question" which was a group of 13 and 14 year old girls - you ask:
"Are these kids going to educate themselves, earn a degree or make an important business contact hanging out at that hour?"
The answer is, of course not.
Is it "more likely that they'll have sex, get pregnant, do drugs or drink in such a situation" ?
Well, not on Warburton Avenue under someone's window at 10 at night. Cats do that (the sex part at least) but not 13 and 14 year old girls.
Most likely, they were doing exactly what the editors wrote - being loud - and teenage girls have been loud since the dawn of time. And adults have yelled from their window - or their tent or mud hut - and threatened their lives for being loud for just as long.
It was only 10 o'clock. The could have been coming home from a movie or a basketball game. Even if they were just hanging out, they are not the "reason Western civilization is in decline".
When kids are too loud, they need adults to remind them to shut up. If they don't, a squad car usually does the trick. But it doesn't make them bad and it doesn't make their parents bad.
If they were making "important business contacts" on the street at night, then I'd be concerned.
Nummy
2:20 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2011
"Teens hand out" hum! and what are they handing out all bright one Paladin?
Civilization is in decline? 2011 and you cant proof read, what will 2012 bring... the end of the world? or the end of spell checking?
Charmian Neary
1:13 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2011
Because Patch does not have a "like" I will create my own.
Joe Doakes "like"
publius271 "like".
Lola K
3:39 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2011
Everyone out there who spent their teen years sitting at their desk every night, studying and giving thought to their parents' life lessons, raise your hand.
I was a teenager a very, very long time ago. Even then, we did a great deal of hanging out. I'm still in touch with most of those friends and they all managed to graduate from HS (most with honors,) go to college, get graduate degrees and have rewarding careers. Go figure.
I have teenagers of my own now. One of them spends way too much of her time studying and yes, I tell her to lighten up.
Oscar Delannoya
9:32 pm on Sunday, November 20, 2011
Cant blame the hispanics for any of these stories . When I was growing up the cops would harass me all the time for no reason . I grew up (a little) and still get nervous when I drive by a cop and I am not doing anything bad at all .