Crime & Safety

Stranger Offers Girls a Ride in Rowboat; Suspicious Male in Backyards

Items from the Rye city police blotter.

Β  Stranger Offers Girls a Ride in Rowboat

Police received a report that a male in a pick up truck pulling a rowboat was asking little girls on the street if they wanted to buy or ride the boat, on June 2 at 8:28 p.m. The police canvassed the area but did not find anyone who fit the description. Β 

Man Reported on Private Property


A 42-year-old man was reported as walking through backyards near Sackett Landing on May 30 at 7:35 p.m. Police found the man, who denied being in backyards. Police report the man was Asian and there was a language barrier so his current address was unclear. Police directed him to the train station where he said he was going. He said he was on his way to Chinatown in New York City.Β 

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