Crime & Safety
Elderly Woman Struck by Car, Injured in Hospital Lot
A summary of recent police activity and arrests in the village of Sleepy Hollow.
Headless Horseman Again with the Parking Problems
A Sleepy Hollow officer was flagged down by someone saying she heard a loud bang on Tappan Avenue and believes a car backed into a parked vehicle with a horse trailer attached.
Officers on Oct. 25 just before 8:30 p.m. reported finding driver's side front end damage to a Ford Focus with a horse trailer attached.
Police Chief Gregory Camp confirmed that this was indeed the horse trailer that transports the Headless Horseman to the Old Dutch Church weekend festivities. Police did not find the driver who left the scene, he said.
This is the second time the Horseman's trailer was in the blotters -- but, dare we say, there are likely two different horseman and two different trailers as the Horseman is often spotted at two different locations at the same time in October.
Bar Fight
A caller reported to police on Oct. 26 at 12:30 a.m. that there was a fight in front of the bar at 48 Beekman Avenue. Police found no fight upon their arrival.
A second caller then reported that a man appeared to have been knocked unconscious in the doorway of the Greene County storefront. Police dispatched an ambulance and reported that the man had left before their arrival.
Police kept the ambulance and standby but couldn't find the man.
The bartender at the bar reported that an unruly patron had thrown a glass and was escorted out.
Police took no further action.
Hit Two Parked Cars
A caller told police they had witnessed a hit and run to two parked cars at 210 North Broadway on Oct. 26 at 12:09 p.m.
The caller said one parked car had a lot of damage and described the car in question as a blue Ford Mustang with NY plates traveling northbound with front end damage.
Police sent out the notice to Mount Pleasant, Ossining and Briarcliff Manor police departments. The car was not found at the registered owner's Briarcliff address.
Police took photos of the damage and left a message on the suspect's voicemail.
They issued a summons to the driver for leaving the scene of a property damage accident, police said.
DWI
An officer reported almost being struck head on by a car driving northbound in the southbound lane on North Broadway on Oct. 27 at 3:37 a.m.
Police stopped the car on Route 9 north of Bellwood Avenue and reported the arrest of the driver on DWI charges.
They described the driver, a 38-year-old male from Mamaroneck, as "highly intoxicated" and requested both towing and an ambulance.
The driver was taken to nearby Phelps Memorial Hospital.
Police found he had a possible warrant out for his arrest out of New City, where they had the same man in their records but with a date of birth two days different.
Clarkstown PD could not send a photo to identify him.
Police Chief Gregory Camp said the man was found to not be the same man who shared his name and was wanted in New City.
Families Displaced
The fire department was dispatched to a North Washington Street apartment building for an electrical box fire on Oct. 27 at 11:35 a.m.
The fire chief requested the building inspector. The Red Cross was contacted to assist finding housing for the multiple families displaced due to unsafe conditions.
Stephen King House?
The Village Clerk notified the police chief that a movie shoot in the area of 491 Bellwood Avenue did not have a proper permit in place.
Officers sent and reported all was in order. Police Chief Gregory Camp said this was not the Stephen King crew that had been previously filming in the empty house on that same street.
Dizzy in the Elevator
A woman stuck in the College Arms elevator reported feeling dizzy, police said on Oct. 28 at 5:48 p.m.
The fire department was notified, along with ambulance. They got the woman out and turned off the power to the elevator, locking it so it wouldn't be used.
The superintendent was on the scene and said he would repair it.
The woman was taken to Phelps.
Flamingo!
A caller told police that her skeleton flamingo ornament was missing from her Harwood Avenue front lawn on Oct. 30 at 10:37 a.m. Police noted it for the record.
Elderly Woman Struck by Car
An elderly woman in the Phelps Memorial Hospital parking lot was struck by a car being driven by another senior citizen on Oct. 30 at 1:38 p.m.
Police received a 911 call about the accident and sent officers and an ambulance. The driver was a 78-year-old from Sleepy Hollow who was apparently backing lot in the parking lot when they struck the pedestrian.
The victim, an 88-year-old Croton woman, was taken to the emergency room by Sleepy Hollow Ambulance Corps. The extent of her injuries were unknown by police.
An 81-year-old Croton woman was struck by a plow and later died in the hospital parking lot back in March. Read that full story here.
Halloween Accident on Merlin
Though Police Chief Gregory Camp reported that Halloween went off without a hitch in Sleepy Hollow, there was an afternoon car accident.
A car struck pole on Merlin off of Bellwood at about 3 p.m. The area was blocked off with wires down and wasn't reopened to traffic until about 9 p.m., he said.
A Sleepy Hollow officer was flagged down by someone saying she heard a loud bang on Tappan Avenue and believes a car backed into a parked vehicle with a horse trailer attached.
Officers on Oct. 25 just before 8:30 p.m. reported finding driver's side front end damage to a Ford Focus with a horse trailer attached.
Police Chief Gregory Camp confirmed that this was indeed the horse trailer that transports the Headless Horseman to the Old Dutch Church weekend festivities. Police did not find the driver who left the scene, he said.
This is the second time the Horseman's trailer was in the blotters -- but, dare we say, there are likely two different horseman and two different trailers as the Horseman is often spotted at two different locations at the same time in October.
Bar Fight
A caller reported to police on Oct. 26 at 12:30 a.m. that there was a fight in front of the bar at 48 Beekman Avenue. Police found no fight upon their arrival.
A second caller then reported that a man appeared to have been knocked unconscious in the doorway of the Greene County storefront. Police dispatched an ambulance and reported that the man had left before their arrival.
Police kept the ambulance and standby but couldn't find the man.
The bartender at the bar reported that an unruly patron had thrown a glass and was escorted out.
Police took no further action.
Hit Two Parked Cars
A caller told police they had witnessed a hit and run to two parked cars at 210 North Broadway on Oct. 26 at 12:09 p.m.
The caller said one parked car had a lot of damage and described the car in question as a blue Ford Mustang with NY plates traveling northbound with front end damage.
Police sent out the notice to Mount Pleasant, Ossining and Briarcliff Manor police departments. The car was not found at the registered owner's Briarcliff address.
Police took photos of the damage and left a message on the suspect's voicemail.
They issued a summons to the driver for leaving the scene of a property damage accident, police said.
DWI
An officer reported almost being struck head on by a car driving northbound in the southbound lane on North Broadway on Oct. 27 at 3:37 a.m.
Police stopped the car on Route 9 north of Bellwood Avenue and reported the arrest of the driver on DWI charges.
They described the driver, a 38-year-old male from Mamaroneck, as "highly intoxicated" and requested both towing and an ambulance.
The driver was taken to nearby Phelps Memorial Hospital.
Police found he had a possible warrant out for his arrest out of New City, where they had the same man in their records but with a date of birth two days different.
Clarkstown PD could not send a photo to identify him.
Police Chief Gregory Camp said the man was found to not be the same man who shared his name and was wanted in New City.
Families Displaced
The fire department was dispatched to a North Washington Street apartment building for an electrical box fire on Oct. 27 at 11:35 a.m.
The fire chief requested the building inspector. The Red Cross was contacted to assist finding housing for the multiple families displaced due to unsafe conditions.
Stephen King House?
The Village Clerk notified the police chief that a movie shoot in the area of 491 Bellwood Avenue did not have a proper permit in place.
Officers sent and reported all was in order. Police Chief Gregory Camp said this was not the Stephen King crew that had been previously filming in the empty house on that same street.
Dizzy in the Elevator
A woman stuck in the College Arms elevator reported feeling dizzy, police said on Oct. 28 at 5:48 p.m.
The fire department was notified, along with ambulance. They got the woman out and turned off the power to the elevator, locking it so it wouldn't be used.
The superintendent was on the scene and said he would repair it.
The woman was taken to Phelps.
Flamingo!
A caller told police that her skeleton flamingo ornament was missing from her Harwood Avenue front lawn on Oct. 30 at 10:37 a.m. Police noted it for the record.
Elderly Woman Struck by Car
An elderly woman in the Phelps Memorial Hospital parking lot was struck by a car being driven by another senior citizen on Oct. 30 at 1:38 p.m.
Police received a 911 call about the accident and sent officers and an ambulance. The driver was a 78-year-old from Sleepy Hollow who was apparently backing lot in the parking lot when they struck the pedestrian.
The victim, an 88-year-old Croton woman, was taken to the emergency room by Sleepy Hollow Ambulance Corps. The extent of her injuries were unknown by police.
An 81-year-old Croton woman was struck by a plow and later died in the hospital parking lot back in March. Read that full story here.
Halloween Accident on Merlin
Though Police Chief Gregory Camp reported that Halloween went off without a hitch in Sleepy Hollow, there was an afternoon car accident.
A car struck pole on Merlin off of Bellwood at about 3 p.m. The area was blocked off with wires down and wasn't reopened to traffic until about 9 p.m., he said.
Note: An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
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