of girls at Bronxville school
also had videos from Putnam
CARMEL — A man stopped last week by police after
taking pictures of young girls in miniskirts outside
Bronxville High School also was found to have
videos of girls outside of Putnam County school
buildings, police said.
There are no criminal charges at this time against
the man, who lives in Lake Carmel, but local
authorities are asking anyone who sees a man
taking photos or video near a school to alert a
school administrator and contact the police. The
individual was described as 6 feet tall, weighing
260 pounds, with thin white hair and a white
mustache. He may be driving a red 1996 Mercedes-
Benz or a white 2003 Saab, both with New York
plates.
In Bronxville, he was found with a Motorola Droid
cell phone containing five photographs of 12- to
14-year-old girls in miniskirts, which he had taken
at that high school. He also was found to have a
Sony digital videorecorder containing about 30
videos of young girls outside a Mahopac school as
well as Carmel and Kent schools.
The man told police he made the videos but
wouldn’t elaborate on his intentions, said Lt. Mike
Cazzari of the Carmel police Based on his subjects
in Bronxville, police said, they assume the Putnam
videos were made outside the Carmel or Mahopac
high schools or middle schools. They have not seen
the footage.
Cazzari said the bulletin put out by police was a
means to alert the local community about the
incident and was initially aimed at school
administrators, teachers, bus drivers and other
district employees.
“People are paying attention now. This is as
proactive as we can be without trampling on
someone’s rights,” he said.
William Connors, a father in the Carmel school
district, said “parents have to remain vigilant and be
made aware of all potential threats to our children.”
He received a mass e-mail from the Carmel district
about the matter.
all of our schools (to) help deter this type of deviant
behavior. The most important resource that we have
(is) our kids and we must keep them safe from the
predators that lurk out there,” he said in a separate
e-mail.
Lt. Alex DiVernieri of the Kent police said officers
have spoken with the administration at the town’s
two elementary schools.
Carmel Schools Superintendent James Ryan in an e-
mail advised parents to speak with their children
“about stranger safety and the importance of being
aware and vigilant regarding their surroundings.”
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