Sleepy Hollow Woman Conned Out of Money by Phone Scam

Unlawful Imprisonment in Domestic Incident

A 33-year-old Sleepy Hollow man was arrested on Sept. 26 at 6:44 p.m. and charged with unlawful imprisonment and criminal contempt.

This was a domestic incident, Police Chief Gregory Camp said, offering no further information on the case as he said it's being forwarded to the district attorney's office. 

Jewel Thief

A Sleepy Hollow Road resident reported to police on Sept. 26 that jewelry had been taken from her home. Police are investigating and had no further information at this time.

Two Teen Girls Go Missing For Long Night

Parents came into police headquarters on Sept. 28 at 1:50 a.m. to report their two 13-year-old girls had been missing since 10:30 p.m. that night. That was when they last received texts from both teens saying they were taking the next bus home.

At 1:56 a.m., Sleepy Hollow police contacted Greenburgh PD to try to locate the teens with no results.

Parents told police the teens' possible destinations now could be either Mt. Vernon or Brooklyn. Police searched our area and both train stations with no results. An investigation on social networks online pointed to a possible Brooklyn destination. Police contacted NYPD.

At 3:02 a.m., police contacted MTA police.

Missing persons cases were filed.

At 1:10 p.m., one mother said she made contact with her daughter by cell phone about 40 minutes prior who told her she and her friend were on their way home by train. The woman was told to let police know when she arrived home.

At 2:35 p.m. the woman came to headquarters with her daughter and said that the other missing youth returned home to her parents. Police called their home at 3:10 p.m. and spoke with the mother who confirmed her daughter was home safe and required no medical attention or further police action.

Cut Face From Fight

A man had serious cuts on his face which required medical assistance on North Washington Street on Sept. 28 at 9:37 p.m.

Officers responding to a 911 call at first found no one at the given address who needed help. Country Control rerouted them to Valley Street, and again they found no one in the area.

Now officials received another 911 call from a man who sounded intoxicated and said he was at College and North Washington streets.

Sleepy Hollow police there reported finding an assaulted highly intoxicated man with “severe lacerations” to the left side of his face.

The man was taken by ambulance to Westchester Medical Center, with officers taking photos of his injuries. They described the man as uncooperative. 

However, Chief Camp said they determined he was in a fight with someone, whom they later arrested.

On Sept. 30 at 9:31 p.m. a 27-year-old Sleepy Hollow man came into headquarters to speak with police about the case and he was placed under arrest by detectives and charged with third degree assault.

Con Ed Fraud

On Oct. 1 a resident told police she had received a telephone call from a 347 area code number saying she owed Con Edison an amount of money and that she needed to purchase a money card to pay the outstanding bill.

The woman said she did just that but after making the payment she realized that the person who called her was not a representative from Con Ed. Con Edison was contacted and detectives notified.

Police said it appears at this time like the calls are coming from the Dominican Republic.

In mid-August, a Tarrytown business employee lost about $2,000 in a similar scam. 

Larceny Arrest

A 48-year-old Bronx woman was arrested and charged with larceny on Oct. 2 at 5:09 p.m. after a Sleepy Hollow Police investigation. Police had no further information on the circumstances of the alleged crime.

Note: An arrest does not indicate a conviction.