Rye Police Blotter: Man Arrested with PCP After Break-In Attempt

These are some of the cases reported to the Rye Police Department during the first week of October:

Burglary, Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance

Ivan Perez, 54 years old, Bronx, was arrested on Saturday, October 8. A Grapal St. residence called police around 11 a.m. to report a man had tried several times to get into the back door of her home.

When police arrived, they saw a man on the second floor deck. The police questioned the man who gave incoherent answers.

After taking the man to police headquarters, a envelope of PCP was found in Perez’s pocket. He also had a bracelet with a $198 price tag attached.

Once Perez was put in a holding cell, he raised a ruckus. Perez took a blue pill hidden in his underwear; biting down on it before spitting it out as directed by the officer on duty.  Perez was shackled at the waist and ankles, but continued being disruptive.

Perez, was assigned $100,000 bail and is currently in the custody of Westchester County Corrections. His next scheduled court date is October 18.

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Person Found

On Thursday, September 29, Rye police found an elderly man reported missing. The man wandered from his home in Rye Brook and found disoriented and pacing on the  corner of Purdy Ave. and Theodore Fremd Ave. The officer drove him home.

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Grand Larceny, Forgery

A Milton Road resident went to police headquarters on Thursday, September 29 to report a bogus check for $1300 had been cashed against his checking account. Checks he previously ordered to his new address never arrived; he called his bank and cancelled the account.

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Harassment

A disgruntled nanny showed up at the Wappanocca Ave. residence of her former employee around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 29. The woman confronted the couple who fired her when she discovered they were interviewing her possible replacement.

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Larceny

A Port Chester resident called police on Sunday, October 2.  The man said his landlord told him to remove items from a rented garage space by the day before and now all his tools were gone. Included in the list of vanished items was a 28-foot ladder worth $220, a 12-foot ladder worth $100, a six-foot ladder worth $50, 10 extension cords worth $200, hand sander worth $200 and a screw gun worth $120.

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Property Found

On Sunday, October 9, a man called police around 5 p.m. after finding bullets in the water on Oakland Beach. When police responded to the location near Dearborn Ave. and Forest Ave., they discovered a case with 41 bullets of  .45 Colt ammunition.

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ATM Skimmer Found

Around 9:30 a.m., Sunday, October 9, a HSBC customer called police after noticing something awry with the ATM machine at the 67 Purchase St. branch. When police arrived, they pulled on the card reader and a duplicate device came off the machine. They also found a transmitter and batteries. Police officers checked all other  area ATM machines for the bogus devices.

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Impersonation

John J. Lagano, 52 years old, Norwalk, CT, was arrested on Tuesday, October 4. Police pulled Lagano over after noticing his car had different front and back license plates. Then the police officer found the driver was wearing no seat belt, auto insurance, vehicle registration, or inspection certificate and claimed to have no identification. That got him a seat in the back of the police squad car so officers could inspect his vehicle.

In the glove compartment police found medicine vials with pills and labels with a different name than the driver provided. Lagano confessed he gave his brother’s name when asked “because my license is all messed up.”

Lagano was charged with aggravated unlicensed motor vehicle registration, false impersonation, no seat belt, improper plates, driving without financial security, unregistered on highway and driving without inspection certificate.

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Grand Larceny, Theft from Building

On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 4, a Brevoort Lane resident called police to report the loss of several pieces of expensive jewelry. The woman said she had not checked for the items since the end of July, and since had several workmen in the home. Among the missing items was a diamond necklace worth $10,000 and a gold necklace worth $2,500.