03/02/11 Port Chester Robbery Suspect Outed Friend During Interview

Click To Enlarge Photo: Dominick Glowacki, 27, is accused of robbing a CVS pharmacy in Greenwich on Feb. 13th


A Port Chester man nabbed minutes after he robbed a CVS pharmacy on Greenwich Avenue later connected his friend to a separate robbery that occurred two days earlier, according to court records.


Dominick Glowacki, 27, of 363 Wilett Ave., Port Chester, N.Y., voluntarily agreed to speak with police after he was caught while fleeing on Greenwich Avenue and ordered to the ground at gunpoint.


Glowacki, who was found with 924 OxyContin pills and a BB gun, told police he was a drug addict who had been unemployed for several years. He said that on the morning of the robbery, which occurred Feb. 13, he woke up hung over from "heroin, cocaine and alcohol," according to court documents.


"I stole my friend's Airsoft pistol with intentions to steal narcotics to get high at CVS on Greenwich Avenue," Glowacki said in a signed and sworn statement provided to police.
Glowacki said he stressed that no one would get hurt when committing the robbery, according an arrest warrant, which outlines the interview.


When police asked Glowacki about other robberies, he denied any involvement. Then, after thinking about it for a moment, he asked if the interviewers were referring "to the Subway robbery," according to the warrant.


Glowacki told police he came to Greenwich over the weekend to visit his friend, Brian Steed, 37, of 12 W. Putnam Ave.


During the visit, Glowacki said Steed implied he may have done something on Feb. 11. After pressing him, Glowacki said Steed admitted to robbing a Subway Restaurant and showed Glowacki the $260 he made off with. Steed told Glowacki he slammed the gun down on the counter to get the employee's attention during the robbery, according to the warrant.


Police said Steed allegedly ordered a sandwich before robbing the female employee, who was alone in the store. No one was injured in either of the two robberies.


During the investigation, police also determined that the two men, acting separately, used the same green hooded sweatshirt and a BB gun made to look like a real firearm to rob the CVS and Subway.


Police obtained a picture of Steed shortly after Glowacki's interview, and the Subway employee was able to positively identify Steed as the suspect. Steed was taken into custody at his home by warrant, which is a few blocks from Greenwich Avenue. Glowacki and Steed are charged with first-degree robbery. They each remain held on a $100,000 bond.


Both are scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford March. 3.

In Other Police News Reports:

Mario Arriaza, 37, of 49 Oak Street, Port Chester, NY, was arrested in Stamford on Tuesday for second-degree breach of peace, resisting arrest and third-degree criminal trespassing.

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10/31/07 - Port Chester Mayor Denniss Pilla Mentioned In CT Letter To The Editor

HEADLINE:

Addressing issues

EDITORIAL:

To the editor:I am very impressed that Frank Farricker, the Democratic candidate for first selectman, is discussing the issues that affect the entire town of Greenwich.

I am gratified that Mr. Farricker has taken positive steps to address the unique problems which Byram residents encounter daily. Terrible traffic and parking on the Mill Street Bridge and Mill Street affect merchants and residents alike.

Mr. Farricker has recently met with Mayor Dennis Pilla of Port Chester to discuss these issues. Mayor Pilla welcomed Mr. Farricker and explained that in the two years he has been mayor of Port Chester, not one elected Greenwich official has ever contacted him concerning Port Chester and Byram traffic. That is truly shocking.....

10/12/07 - Keepin Up With The Jones. Greenwich Rasises Parking Fees 10% In Order To Keep Up With Port Chester.

Train parking to get pricier

Source: Norwalk Advocate

The Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 yesterday to increase parking permit fees by 10 percent at train station and municipal lots throughout town.

The new rates would take effect next October at a total of 11 lots, and would generate approximately $147,000 in additional revenue each year for Greenwich's parking fund, according to figures provided by Alan Corry, the town parking services director. The increases will affect parking permits, not parking meters.

First Selectman Jim Lash said the increase will help replenish the parking fund for maintenance at structures, such as the Town Hall garage, which is undergoing more than $400,000 in construction now.

'My concern continues to be that we need money to spend on our parking facilities,' Lash said.
The changes will see annual fees at nine lots, including all outdoor railroad parking lots, increase from $242 to $266. Those include Arcadia Road, Carrona Drive, Horseneck Lane, Iron Horse Lane, Steamboat Road/Arch Street, Loughlin Avenue and Riverside, Old Greenwich and Cos Cob railroad stations. Rates at the covered parking garage downtown will rise from $423 to $465 per year, and at the West End lot in Old Greenwich from $165 to $181 per year.

Selectman Penny Monahan opposed the measure, saying Greenwich's parking permit rates are in line with those in towns such as Darien, Westport and Rye, N.Y. But Lash and Selectman Peter Crumbine said the rates are far lower than those in neighboring towns such as Stamford and Rye. In Stamford, annual parking permits can cost more than $1,000, outdoor parking permits cost $505 per year in Port Chester, according to Corry.

'I'm always reluctant to characterize other people's spending as moderate, but this (the new rates) wouldn't be out of line with the two adjacent towns,' Lash said.....

Source URL: http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/local/scn-gt-a1selectmenfridayoct12,0,786856.story

08/28/07 - Port Chester Taxi Companies Are Better Than Greenwich Taxi

Letter To The Editor

HEADLINE

Reasonable transit to airport would end parking woes

STORY:

To the editor:

I have a simple solution to the lack of available parking at Westchester County Airport (Greenwich Time news story, Aug. 20).

I live in Greenwich, like many people who utilize this convenient airport. In fact, I live 6.5 miles from the facility. If I want to leave my car at home and take a taxi, I have to pay $46 one way, not including tip, for the 6.5 miles.Greenwich Taxi seems to be the only transportation available.

Why can't I find another company to compete with Greenwich Taxi? There are a couple in Port Chester, but they seem intimidated to take a fare to the airport. Am I imagining this? What's that about?

I'd be happy to take a bus or shuttle, but one is not available.I travel to Chicago often, and average airfare price is $200. To use Greenwich Taxi at $92 round-trip, plus tip, would cost me $105 plus. So the 6.5 mile ride, which takes nine minutes and frees up a parking space, would cost more than half the price of my airfare.

I really don't blame Greenwich Taxi. The company is asking and getting what it wants. But isn't there some town committee that could take a minute from deciding which color tulips to plant downtown and instead decide how better to manage transportation to the airport?

Barbara DuBois

Greenwich

Source: Greenwich Time

Source URL: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/opinion/letters/scn-gt-lettertotheeditor8.28aug28,0,3034513.story

08/18/07 - Neighborhood Intruder Alert

HEADLINE:

Police continue to search for Byram burglar

STORY:

Police searched late Thursday night for a burglar who broke into an apartment at a town housing complex in Byram police said.

Around 11 p.m., a resident called police after returning home, saying that an intruder was in her ground-floor apartment at 77 Vinci Drive, Lt. Daniel Allen, a police department spokesman said.
The victim did not see the intruder, who fled the apartment through a rear window before police arrived, Allen said.

Patrol officers searched the neighborhood and called in a police search dog from the Harrison, N.Y., police department, but did not find the burglar, Allen said.

There have been no other reported burglaries in the Byram area this month, Allen said.
It was undetermined if any property was stolen, said Allen, who declined to release additional details about the burglary. The Criminal Investigations Division is handling the case, according to Allen.

The building is one of three managed by the Housing Authority of the Town of Greenwich, Terry Mardula, deputy director of the housing authority, said.

In July police arrested a Port Chester man who allegedly broke into a Byram home where a family was sleeping. The homeowner was awakened by noises in the house, and confronted the prowler, who was in his basement.

A short time later, police found the man in front of Johnny Cakes, a 24-hour diner in Byram, where the homeowner identified him.

That man, Cesar H. DeSouza, 20, of 218 Cleveland St., Port Chester, was charged with second-degree burglary and is scheduled to appear next in state Superior Court in Stamford on Sept. 25, according to the Criminal Clerk's Office.........

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Source: Norwalk Advocate

Publication Date: August 18, 2007

Reporter: Martin B. Cassidy

Source URL: Police continue to search for Byram burglar

08/12/07 - Andrew John Laska 1964 - 2007

HEADLINE:

Good bye old friend…

STORY:

OBITUARY

ANDREW JOHN LASKA - 42 died Friday, August 10, 2007 at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital of congestive heart failure.He was born November 10, 1964 in United Hospital in Port Chester, NY to Jennie Laska and the late Frank M. Laska.

Andrew attended Glenville School and graduated from Greenwich High School in 1982.
He was a HAM radio operator and enjoyed building and flying radio controlled model airplanes, fishing, gardening and cooking. He is survived by his mother Jennie, brothers Frank (Margaret) and Stephan.

Friends may call from 2-4PM and 7-9PM on Monday, August 13, 2007 at the Castiglione Funeral Home, 134 Hamilton Avenue, Greenwich, CT where services will be held 10AM on Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Cremation will be private.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Port Chester, Rye, Rye Brook Emergency Medical Service or a charity of choice.

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Publication Date: August 12, 2007

Reporter: Tom Alessi

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08/10/07 - On The Go - Port Chester's Rocco Messina Gives An On Location Movie Review In Greenwich

Travolta, a bigger star than ever

HEADLINE:

'Old Dogs' comes calling on Greenwich Ave.

STORY:

While Robin Williams and Kelly Preston were inside Gaia yesterday filming a scene, Carla Orlando stood on the sidewalk hoping for a sighting of one of her favorite actors, John Travolta.

Her camera at the ready, Orlando, 47, of Greenwich, said she first saw Travolta in the movie "Grease" as a teenager growing up in Italy.

"I love John Travolta," she said. "He is a wonderful actor at everything from drama to comedy."

Residents and downtown workers, some curious and others starstruck, staked out Gaia throughout the earlier part of the day hoping to catch a glimpse of Williams, Preston, or Travolta, during the first of two days of shooting for a new comedy called "Old Dogs.".........

.......Rocco Messina, 44, a Port Chester resident and salesman at Richards on Greenwich Avenue, said the movie shoot was a pleasant distraction."What better place than Greenwich to make a movie?" Messina said. "Movies are a good escape for a lot of people, especially in these times.".......

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Source: Greenwich Time

Publication Date: August 9, 2007

Reporter: Martin B. Cassidy

Source URL: http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-a1starsthursdayaug09,0,6540254.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines

08/07/07 - Greenwich First Selectman Jim Lash: "We've been encouraging people to make claims"

HEADLINE

Car dealership wants town to pay flood tab

STORY

A high-end car dealership on the Port Chester side of the Byram River is seeking in excess of $750,000 in flood damages from the town of Greenwich for losses caused by an April 15 nor'easter.

In a claim currently under review by the town and its insurance carrier, Hunting Ridge Motors said it sustained losses to its vehicle inventory, office equipment, records, shop tools, diagnostic automotive equipment and vehicle parts during the storm, which also disrupted business and sales.

The dealership, which sells Ferraris, Maseratis and several other makes of luxury cars from its 11 Riverdale Ave. showroom, said the town could have prevented the losses.The claim, which also names the Department of Public Works and the local Flood and Erosion Control Board as defendants, said the town was responsible for opening several dams upstream from the dealership that caused the river to overflow......

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Publication Date: August 7 2007



Reporter: Neil Vigdor



Source URL: http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/local/scn-gt-a1lotus8.7aug07,0,3704576.story

Archive 2007 July 30 Port Chester News Wire

Rogowsky Obtains Grant for Angelo Place Storm Drainage Mitigation ...

by Hezi Aris

Westchester County Board Legislator Martin Rogowsky (D, I, WF – Harrison) was pleased to announce that the Village of Port Chester has received a $65000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). ...

...Angelo Place has inadequate storm water facilities in the road bed caused by development on the street. This project will include, but is not limited to, rock removal by trenching, installation of 15” piping, and concrete pavement.

“I’m glad that I was able to help Port Chester in obtaining this grant as this project will help minimize flooding in this area” said Rogowsky.

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A great catch Fishermen keep an eye out for bluefish

By Michael Dinan

From The: Norwalk Advocate

Roger Cortello, 73, a retired chef from southern France, stretched his legs from a cooler set on Steamboat Road's stone pier yesterday afternoon and peered toward the spot where his fishing line disappeared into the gray Long Island Sound.

'I enjoy fishing, and I have nothing to do after breakfast and lunch. So far I've caught one bluefish,' said Cortello, a Utah resident who comes to Greenwich for six weeks each summer to cook for a wealthy woman that lives here. 'Maybe I cook it for her. Maybe not. I keep a few. We have three people cooking for the one lady.......

Jesus Santilla, 15, of Port Chester, N.Y., a weekend fisherman at Greenwich's only public pier throughout the summer, said it's exciting to land a bluefish, but enjoyable regardless of the catch.

'I just like trying,' Santilla said. 'If I catch one it's good. If not, it's still fun.........

Original Norwalk Advocate article: A great catch Fishermen keep an eye out for bluefish

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Francella ties for 30th at Evian Masters

From The Journal News

Meaghan Francella was never in contention yesterday, but the Port Chester native increased the size of her check by finishing the Evian Masters with a 2-under-par round of 70.

She passed two dozen competitors and finished tied for 30th at 3-over 293.

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Monday To Do List > 1. Plant a Tree 2. Use Less Water

by Petes2Cents

Going green - I really never thought about saving our planet, till I became a little older. But when I did start thinking about it, and talking to my friends and family, I realized, that when I was younger, growing up in Port Chester, Westchester County, New York...spring would start, right around March 21, summers were long, falls would inch right up till Thanksgiving, and Christmas's would be white.

In addition, everything was so much greener, so much in fact, that all my high school buddies became landscapers......

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Opps !!!!

Nationally new housing starts are up for the second month in a row and unemployment continues to seek a new low level, but pockets of the real estate market continue to suffer.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a condo-glut in Naples Florida where speculators are are stuck with unsold units. One lady has 17 of them - make her an offer. In washington DC according to the New York Times, condo developers have also over built and are converting there projects to rentals for far less of a profit or even at a loss.

Arround here things are also not so hot, the dirty little secret amoung Port Chester Realtors is that single family homes are languishing.

Even in Greenwich, which has a much more robust single family house market has a house on Stanwich Road , a year to the day, that if sold, and went to contract will sell at a loss of $135,000.00. This has been sending shockwaves through the Greenwich real estate sales community.

This should serve as a reminder that one can indeed lose money in real estate if the rosey projections, or if the plans change and one has to get out as soon as possible.

As we speak, Bruno "Makes Out Like A Bandit" Giofree has already shoved the massive multi-family Castle project down the throats of Port Chester tax payers. Now the guy that makes out like a bandit is well on the way of being approved for a second massive multi-family Mariner project.

When Bruno's foolish condo-glut hits the streets of Port Chester slowes down, it will further slow the Port Chester single family sales.

The single family homeowners wiil have to clean up Bruno's condo - glut mess through higher school and property taxes.

When this condo - glut becomes a rental apartment glut, the single family homeowners of Port Chester will probably be forced to build a new school.

Maybe we can call the school the Bruno "Made Out Like A Bandit" Elementry School.

Archive 2007 January 19 Port Chester News Wire

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Port Chester-Rye Brook library talks to continue Tuesday
The joint meeting of the Rye Brook, Port Chester and Port Chester Public Library boards will take place on Tuesday after an earlier meeting was called off due to scheduling conflict. via The Journal News

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Will West Putnam Hole Get Filled? Time Will Tell
Via Greenwich Citizen
... foot (about 1.6 acres) property located at 644 W. Putnam Ave." The property fronts on U.S. 1 not far from the Port Chester, N.Y., border. Tesei said there are around 10 properties on U.S. 1 from Port Chester to Stamford that also might be suitable ...

Archive 2007 January 19 Rye Brook, Westchester & Beyond

Get the message Signs say town serious about DWI enforcement

Via Stamford Advocate

As part of an effort to curb drunk driving in town, police have installed new off-ramp signs on highways with the message to drivers to stay off the road when they are under the influence.

The signs, the brainchild of Officer Robert Brown, a state-police-certified DWI enforcement instructor, features a graphic of a martini glass inside a red circle intersected by a red line.

'We wanted it to emphasize that we take drunk driving enforcement very seriously,' said Brown, a 20-year veteran of the Greenwich Police Department. 'We want them to know that we're out there enforcing the law.'

Brown said his time spent at the Institute of Police Technology and Management in Jacksonville, Fla., spurred him to come up with an initiative that might prevent drunk driving in addition to punishing it.

The signs were made by the town's highway division, and paid for using police department and highway division funds, Brown said.

'We have the problem in our community and we already have strong enforcement,' Brown said. 'We need to hit people with education. Just punishing people is not good enough.'

In 2006, Greenwich had 203 arrests for driving under the influence compared with 231 in 2005, according to Sgt. Timothy Berry, who oversees the police department's traffic Division.
Berry praised Brown's initiative, and said the signs might reinforce the fear of arrest for drunk drivers.

'I think they're great,' Berry said of the signs. 'The message isn't really directed at the law-abiding people but at the drunk drivers, so they may think about it more.'

Berry said he hopes to secure funding for greater enforcement through the state Department of Transportation's Expanded Enforcement program, which gives police overtime grants for enforcement crackdowns throughout the year rather than just on holidays, when drunk driving is considered more prevalent.

Berry said he'd also try to arrange for Greenwich to get more grant money for its traditional holiday DWI checkpoints and patrols, funding that fell off in 2006. Berry said he believes the number of drunk drivers caught reflects only a percentage of an unquantified larger number of drunk drivers.

'I don't think from our numbers you can really say if there was more or less drunk driving,' Berry said. 'If we had a full-time crew working on it we'd probably have 500 arrests a year.'
The signs are being installed on all highway off-ramps along I-95 and the Merritt Parkway, and on the Post Road at the state line with Port Chester and the town line with Stamford, Brown said.

Full Story: Stamford Advocate

Archive 2007 January 5 Rye Brook, Westchester County & Beyond

Town moves to silence plane noise

Annoyed by pilots who ignore a voluntary overnight flight curfew at neighboring Westchester County Airport, Greenwich officials said yesterday that they will seek a mandatory grounding of planes from midnight to 6:30 a.m.

In a series of announcements related to aircraft noise, the town also said it will hire a consultant to study a federal proposal to reroute planes over the area.

'Our area is getting hammered, in my opinion, by overflights from Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark,' said Erica Purnell, vice chairman of the Selectmen's Advisory Committee on Aircraft Noise.

The town recently formed the committee to come to terms with a quality of life issue that officials said was not being properly addressed at the local level.

Four of the committee's 18 members are current or former pilots, including chairman Bruce Dixon, who said he hopes to form a working group with his fellow aviators to discuss adherence to existing aircraft routes with air traffic controllers at Westchester County Airport.
Current flight patterns call for aircraft approaching the Rye Brook airport to begin their descent over Long Island Sound, a procedure that town officials say is often ignored to save fuel and diverts planes over Greenwich.

'You probably heard the phrase cutting the corner,' Dixon said during a news conference at Town Hall.

Another area of concern are breaches of the voluntary overnight curfew at the airport. Flights betwen midnight and 6:30 a.m. averaged about 13 per night in 2006, up from about 10.8 per night in 2005, according to the airport's noise abatement office.

Arlene Murray, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the agency has a process for handling mandatory curfew requests.

'They would have to show the FAA that they are not impacting interstate commerce and also that they would not unduly impacting the aviation industry,' said Murray, who noted that no other airports in the region have a mandatory curfew.

A mandatory curfew would not be new, as the airport had one that was challenged by the FAA and thrown out by the courts in the early 1980s and replaced with a voluntary one. In April 2001, the county closed the airport's parking garage from 12:30 a.m. to 5:50 a.m. to discourage travelers from taking flights that violated the voluntary curfew. Federal regulations forced the county to reopen the garage overnight after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, however.Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., pledged his support for the town's effort.
Full Story: Norwalk Advocate

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