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Police Beat – Sleepy Hollow: Bar Fight Leads to Bartender Arrest

A summary of incidents in Sleepy Hollow from June 8 to June 15, 2012

 

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Customer vs. Bar Tender

A person walked into police headquarters at 3:39 a.m. on June 9 with visible injuries, stating he was assaulted by the bartender at bar on Beekman. Police found the bartender at the bar and arrested him for third degree assault. The wounded person was transported to the medical center.

 

Wallet Found

A wallet was found in front of 60 New Broadway around 6 a.m. on June 9, described as follows: blue leather-like material, containing $312 dollars, check book from Share Plus Federal Bank, California driver's license, one Visa card, one Amex Cooperate Card, one Visa/debit card, and various personal cards.

 

Drunk Woman Gets Ride

On June 11, at 12:58 a.m., Police Officer Wendy Yancey reported seeing a woman walking with an older male. The young woman appeared to be extremely intoxicated and barely able to walk while leaving the on Beekman. Yancey asked if she was okay and if she needed a ride. The woman said she was okay and refused assistance. The man said he was taking her home. The woman was instead taken home to College Avenue in the cruiser where Yancey, with the aid of a second officer, helped her inside the apartment door. Once on the right floor, the woman refused to leave the elevator and had to be moved out of it. She refused to walk down the hall, purposely dragging her feet. The officers reportedly had to forcibly walked her to her apartment where she was placed in the care of her mother.

 

Two Bikes Stolen From Middle School

A school administrator reported that two bikes had been stolen from the front of on two separate occasions. The first bike was taken on June 11 from a female student between 7:45 a.m. and 3 p.m. On June 12, at 7:45 a.m. a male student had his bike parked and unchained in the bike rack in front of the school, but when he returned at 3 p.m. this bike too was missing. There is no working video footage of area where incidents occurred. School Principal Elizabeth Lopez requested no further police action and stated that the school would be conducting their own investigation and handling the matter in-house.

 

Ditched Car

On June 13 at 12:07 a.m. Police Lieutenant Anthony Bueti reported that a vehicle was in a ditch at the South Hemlock Gate on North Broadway but the driver was out of the vehicle. Two police units sent along with a Stiloski's tow truck. The driver apparently swerved to avoid hitting a car coming out of the south gate and drove into the ditch. Officers determined he was not under the influence of alcohol. Stiloski's pulled the car out, and the vehicle was operable and able to be driven away. Accident report filed.

 

Three Men Arrested for Marijuana Possession

A Sleepy Hollow officer, along with Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force, reported stopping a car at Sleepy Hollow Road with New York plates. Three men in the car were placed under arrest for unlawful possession of marijuana, given court dates, and released.

 

PCP Stumbler

Officers on June 14 at 2:23 a.m. reported that while they were interviewing three men, they saw another man stumbling in the middle of Palmer Avenue toward them. The man was identified and found to be be in possession of PCP. He was arrested and transported to headquarters and held overnight; bail was recommended at $10,000 with legal aid notification for the defendant.

 

Lost Landlord or Nervous Tenant?

Caller on June 14 around 6:30 p.m. reported he last spoke to his landlord of a Dell Street apartment an hour ago. When the tenant now attempted to make contact with him the landlord did not come to the door. The tenant said he didn't see the landlord leave and thought it was unlike him and something was wrong. Police reported that the landlord's car was not in the driveway.

 

Middle Finger Arrest

Also on June 14 at 7:20 p.m., a caller reported he was driving on Kendall Avenue when a driver of a blue Toyota Corolla gave him the middle finger and followed him. Three police cruisers responded and stopped the vehicle in question at the intersection of Beekman and Hudson Street. The driver was found to have a suspended license and was placed under arrest and transported to headquarters.

 

Note: Police Beat is in no way a complete summary of all Sleepy Hollow Police activities and responses during the listed dates.

ASleepyBoy June 20, 2012 at 01:28 am
Krista, are these all the facts that were included in the police reports? There seems to be some fairly relevant information missing in a lot of the above situations.
Woman taken home after refusing assistance. Was she voluntarily taken? Did the man go with her? Did something happen to make Officer Yancey decide to go against the woman's wishes? PCP stumbler on Palmer. Was there possibly a highschool party or something along those lines going on? Were the four men together? Or were there 4 questionable people who just happened to be out at the same time in the middle of the night in Philipse Manor. Middle Finger arrest. Three cruisers for something like that? Just curious to what extent these facts were just left out by the police and to what extent they were edited out. Thanks!
CriticalObserver June 20, 2012 at 02:38 am
I'm personally curious about the inordinate amount of 'Manor' addressed references. Was there not a virtual riot in the inner village just a few nights ago? 50+ people seems a little hard to overlook.
Patriot June 20, 2012 at 09:50 am
It really seems like the local governments have influenced Krista to "soften" the news in an attempt to make the dire economic/social situation in SH & TT to be not so apparent. This was not the case for those who remember Sean Roach who ultimately ran against the current failing village administrations.
Krista Madsen (Editor) June 20, 2012 at 11:15 am
This is how they are conveyed in the police reports, which are always a bit cryptic I must say. I always try to ask for more information and have yet to hear back from HQ on these.
Krista Madsen (Editor) June 20, 2012 at 11:16 am
I can assure you they have not had any influence and I report everything I can. The police don't often offer much "fleshing out of details" as I mentioned above...
Gargamel June 20, 2012 at 11:32 am
OH REALLY ? then maybe you should! the bar fight had that nice Lt Hayes' young boy in Westchester Medical with bad injuries. Where are the reports, facts, cops and the SLA? you are being spoon fed by the PD. what happened to digging deeper on these things?
Krista Madsen (Editor) June 20, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Calls are out to JP Doyles and Chief/Lieut as of yesterday and I chose to post this anyway as I await their response (or a witness!)
Patriot June 20, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Why was Sean Roach able to provide so much more detail?
Ed Murphy June 20, 2012 at 08:20 pm
Hang in there, Krista. Most folks have not dealt with Governmental entities and do not realize the time and difficulty involved in acquiring information from them. Current privacy laws and departmental policies make it tough . Nobody said it would be easy!
Ed
waloo52 June 20, 2012 at 08:44 pm
"It really seems like the local governments have influenced Krista to "soften" the news in an attempt to make the dire economic/social situation in SH & TT to be not so apparent."
I have had the same thought over the last few months.
Krista Madsen (Editor) June 20, 2012 at 08:55 pm
@Waloo52: Dire? Is that really how you see it? I don't experience it that negatively myself and I live here in the thick of it. Much to improve certainly, but yes, I don't spend all day in court (I can't) and instead often pursue things that might bolster our confidence and that of our youth.
Patriot June 21, 2012 at 09:29 am
Krista, why don'n you try using the freedom of information act to get the full story for the various agencies in SH/TT?
Gargamel June 21, 2012 at 11:44 am
Eddie is right but these villages hide a lot especially if your are "wired". Opps that was a slip. bu tgo to westchester medical since they have the records
Lanning Taliaferro (Editor) June 21, 2012 at 07:13 pm
Hi, Gargamel, medical records are not public.
Krista Madsen (Editor) June 21, 2012 at 09:11 pm
To update: just heard back from Police Chief Camp who said, "there was a fight inside, someone was injured, I believe he was the bartender. But I have no further info for you. You can contact the DAs office because it is in their hands now, the case." So it is unclear who was arrested, bartender or other. DAs office spokesman Julian Chafen couldn't locate the case without any names but added a third degree assault charge, which they see a ton of, is a misdemeanor "like someone getting punched in the face" not a felony which would mean "beating the crap out of you." Not to lighten the case, but save from the effort of filing a FOIL or getting a witness to talk to me, that's what we've got. I always welcome news tips - krista.madsen@patch.com
Patriot June 22, 2012 at 01:24 am
The DA spokesperson couldn't locate the case without names??? How many bar fights were there at JP Doyels that resulted in arrests that night? Krista, dosen't it irk you that the village PD and DA gave you such a BS response?
Krista Madsen (Editor) June 22, 2012 at 02:07 am
I suppose one could write an interesting article about the arcane search system at the DAs office. The man had me on the phone for about 1/2 hour and he really couldn't find the case. They aren't searchable by town or by place or any such details. Since we had no names, he had to scroll through every case in the county by day and I don't know what day this was filed so he gave up. Not particularly upset over slim info on this; it's a bar fight at 3:30 a.m. and you could figure alcohol plays a role. No big surprises here, I think.
David Freedman June 28, 2012 at 04:54 pm
Patriot has mixed up priorities. If I were Krista I wouldn't even respond as Patriot is probably dangerous. If you want to prove something, get off your butt and do it, but don't hound an innocent woman. Why don't you pursue info under the Freedon of Info act? Are you too busy ranting paranoid delusions? If not please tell me the other things local gov'ts are doing under the covers as you seem very wise.
David Freedman June 28, 2012 at 04:58 pm
it only irks you Pat. Patriot has mixed up priorities. If I were Krista I wouldn't even respond as Patriot is probably dangerous. If you want to prove something, get off your butt and do it, but don't hound an innocent woman. Why don't you pursue info under the Freedon of Info act? Are you too busy ranting paranoid delusions? If not please tell me the other things local gov'ts are doing under the covers as you seem very wise.
Patriot June 28, 2012 at 11:26 pm
David, what is so dangerous about questioning what I beleive to be biased reporting; i thought that was one of the purposes of the comments section... How exactly is 6 or 7 comments "hounding" a reporter. BTW i don't have paranoid delutions about of what our local governments are doing, just an observation that the village administrations are ineffectivly spending our tax money, and quitefrankly driving the villages into the ground. As far as the FOIL request, if i wanted to report the news I would and far more accurately, with greater detail, and less bias than what is the Patch standard.
Lanning Taliaferro (Editor) June 29, 2012 at 12:15 pm
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Sushi July 28, 2012 at 02:50 pm
The police in SH and TT are right to do what they are doing here. Nosy Patch reporters and audience members don't need to have the details aka "dirty laundry" of every home owner strung out for all to gawk at on here. It's reminiscent of the Salem Witch hunt trials. I think the surrounding police precincts in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut should follow the examples here and give people a little space and breathing room again like the old days. It was called respect for privacy before the internet came along!
Tony T July 29, 2012 at 02:50 am
Krista,
They are screwing with you. But if true I would investigate and do an article on why the 5 or 6th largest coimties in the State of NY does not have a state fo the art computer system!!!
CriticalObserver July 29, 2012 at 07:36 am
@sushi
My apologies, but an inane argument to make 1 month after the discussion. If residents perceived a proper handling of public safety, there would be no dissension Period..

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