National manhunt lookalike
On Friday, Dec. 6, at 1:53 p.m., a caller in Bedford Hills reported the possible sighting of Luigi Mangione, wanted for the murder of UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Brian Thompson. He was believed to have been seen in Depot Plaza. Police say they were additionally contacted by a New York City Police Department captain who wanted to investigate all possible sightings. Surveillance video of the area was scrutinized. Police said the lookalike is an employee at a local plumbing company. No further investigation was required. Mangione was captured by authorities in Pennsylvania Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Playing with the dial results in crash
Police responded to a three-car collision on Pound Ridge Road, Bedford, Thursday, Dec. 5, at 5:20 p.m. They said the operator of vehicle one said she was adjusting her car radio when she struck vehicle two; vehicle two subsequently on impact struck vehicle three. Vehicles two and three were stopped in traffic at the time of the crash. The first vehicle was towed. The driver wasn’t injured. The second vehicle was towed and the operator, a resident of Danbury, Conn., female, 38, was taken to Northern Westchester Hospital by Bedford firefighters after complaining of head pain. The third vehicle’s operator wasn’t injured and their car wasn’t towed. The operator of the first vehicle was issued a summons for distracted driving.
Monday, Dec. 2
10:05 a.m. — A resident of Lincoln Avenue, Bedford, approached police regarding an ongoing issue with a neighbor who they successfully fought over a fence the neighbor erected in the past that was a foot and a half over the property line. After the involvement of the building department and code enforcement, the fence was moved, but the reporting party said the neighbor is now behaving in a childish manner and his neighbor’s mother appeared on his property caught on his video surveillance. Police suggested he post “no trespassing” signs and a report was made for documentation.
9:08 p.m. — Police went to the Kasho community complex on Haines Road, Bedford Hills, after a neighbor across the street complained of loud noise. On arrival, police saw a wedding being celebrated in the community gymnasium. The revelers were advised of the noise complaint and indicated the celebration would soon be ending.
Tuesday, Dec. 3
3:22 p.m. — A man was reported taking pictures on train tracks in Katonah behind Peppino’s restaurant. Police arrived to assist the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The man was reported leaving in a vehicle; an officer soon caught up with him and the man said he was a photographer with several social media pages. His specialty is photographing trains. He denied having been on the tracks. Police held him for a little while to give MTA Police a chance to interview him but as there was a delay, he was released.
7:07 p.m. — A caller on Hickory Lane, Bedford, reported a noise coming from their upstairs rooms when no one was supposed to be in the house. Police searched the upper floors of the residence. Nothing appeared out of order.
Wednesday, Dec. 4
7:05 a.m. — A wife called the police department asking if they would check on her husband who wasn’t responding to her calls. Police went to the residence on Horizon Lane, Bedford. and found him sleeping. He said he would call his wife and let her know he is fine.
Thursday, Dec. 5
11:07 p.m. — Police went to a home on Beechwood Road, Bedford Hills, after a mother reported a problem with her daughter’s boyfriend. On arrival, she told officers the boyfriend, 36, from Bedford, was behaving oddly; she thought he might “be on something” and she wanted him out. Police spoke with the boyfriend who was conscious and alert but whose speech was slurred. He said he was taking medication but he didn’t have it on him. He asked to go to the hospital but when medics arrived he changed his mind. He called his aunt to pick him up and bring him back to Bedford.
Friday, Dec. 6
1:24 p.m. — Katonah Bedford Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps took a female, 22, from Katonah, to Northern Westchester Hospital after she said she’d eaten too many gummies. Police found her on the floor, crying from stomach pain. Police said the gummies she’d eaten contained THC.
Saturday, Dec. 7
4:42 a.m. — Police and emergency personnel went to a residence in Bedford Hills after a female, 41, overdosed on heroin and tried to give herself Narcan without success. When the responding officer entered the residence he could hear her calling for help. He assisted her in administering the Narcan; she declined to give specifics about her heroin use. She was taken to Northern Westchester Hospital by Katonah Bedford Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Police said her home was heavily littered with drug paraphernalia.
9:26 a.m. — A resident of Katonah, female, called 911 to make accusations about her home health care aide who lives with her. Police said none of the accusations are true and that the caller has dementia. Her son, they said, is aware of the situation and the employer of the aide. Police said there was no sign or indication of abuse.
9:25 p.m. — Police responded to a report of a man injured and bleeding in Bedford. On arrival they found a male, 38, from Yonkers, lying at the bottom of a stone staircase unresponsive and heavily bleeding from the back of his head. The responding officer said he was very cold, likely due to hypothermia and smelled strongly of alcohol. He was taken to Westchester Medical Center by Bedford firefighters. The caller was interviewed and said they’d been drinking earlier in the evening. He fell asleep but when he woke up several hours later, he found his friend had left the residence and was bleeding heavily on the stairs. Police said the medical center reported the man in critical condition and sedated. Police say no criminal behavior was indicated.
Sunday, Dec. 8
11:13 a.m. — A brother requested a police officer check on his sister in Katonah who was last seen throwing things down a flight of stairs. Police went to the residence and spoke with the siblings’ mom who said her daughter was having a bad day. They spoke with the daughter, who is an adult, who said she would try to calm down.
— Eve Marx, The Recorder staff writer
This report was made from official reports provided by the Bedford Police Department.