Tuckahoe Police Blotter June 28 – July 5: Car Runs Over Parking Officer’s Shoe, Man Filmed in Park, Missing Bumper

Here's a look at some of the incidents investigated by the Tuckahoe Police Department for the week of June 28 – July 5, 2010.

June 28:

3:42 p.m. Police received a radio transmission from a parking enforcement officer saying that a car had run over her foot. Police found that as the officer was issuing a ticket on Marbledale Road, the owner of the car that was being ticketed came out and said he would move the vehicle. The officer told him that she had already printed the ticket. The driver moved the car anyway. The car ran over the officer's shoe and no injuries were reported. The driver was given a warning about his action and issued the parking ticket.

8:13 p.m. A librarian from the Tuckahoe Public Library called police to report that two youths were having an argument. One was afraid to leave out of fear of retaliation. When officers arrived at the scene, they found out that the argument had been over comments left on a Facebook page. The parent's of both were notified and the youths were told to leave the library.

June 30:

8:55 a.m. The owner of Joe's Quarry Pub on Marbledale Road called police to report building damage. Police responded and found that someone had spray painted the owner's last name and a profanity on the side of the building. The investigation is ongoing.

July 1:

11:05 a.m. A member of the Department of Public Works informed police that a speed limit sign posted on Stewart Ave had been knocked down. When police investigated the scene, they found a car bumper with no license plate attached. The bumper was taken to headquarters and the sign was replaced. 

July 2:

10:38 a.m. A caller reported that a black Acura that belonged to his brother-in-law had been vandalized and the front bumper was missing. He told police that the car was parked in a private lot on the corner of Yonkers Avenue and Elm Street on July 1 and when he returned at 10 a.m. on July 2, the bumper was gone. He told police he hadn't moved the car. Police made a report of the incident. 

July 5:

10:28 p.m. The Eastchester Police Department called to notify the Tuckahoe Police Department that a woman had reported a man videotaping children at the Fisher Avenue park. TPD officers called the woman, who said that she had seen a man filming in the park and asking children if they wanted to be in a movie.

Police were sent to the scene and several minutes later, found a possible match for the suspect on the southbound platform of the Crestwood train station. Police interviewed the man, an Astoria, Queens resident, who said that he was scouting locations for a short film that he was producing for school and had been talking to kids. The man showed officers a valid school ID from the New York Film Academy and volunteered the footage to police. Officers viewed it and determined that there was nothing inappropriate.

A criminal check was done on the man, which came back negative. Officers advised him that if he was going to film in the Village he needed to receive permission and go through the proper channels first. 

In total, the Tuckahoe Police Department received three calls for various fireworks complaints. Nothing of note occurred, police said.