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A wallet stolen from the men’s locker room at the Darien YMCA on Jan.
January 20, 2020 | https://darienite.com/unlocked-in-darien-wallet-stolen-from-ymca-locker-is-one-of-a-long-string-police-chief-says-53692This week’s totally preventable theft from a Darien car: items of men’s clothing from a suitcase packed and left overnight in a BMW parked outside a Noroton Avenue home.
August 30, 2017 | https://darienite.com/unlocked-darien-items-stolen-two-cars-one-side-town-25720In a recent interview, Duane Lovello, who just-retired as Darien police chief, said that town residents who leave their cars unlocked are the “bane of our existence.”
February 16, 2017 | https://darienite.com/unlocked-darien-police-ask-residents-lock-cars-prevent-thefts-18905REFRAIN:
Twice last week, Darien residents told police that, overnight, their sport utility vehicles, unlocked and with the keys inside, as usually happens in these cases, were stolen.
August 30, 2022 | https://darienite.com/same-old-song-unlocked-darien-cars-with-keys-inside-get-stolen-what-a-surprise-510798A Ridge Acres Road resident told police that his 2020 Mercedes AMG car was stolen from his driveway sometime overnight from Monday to Tuesday, Jan.
February 3, 2022 | https://darienite.com/mercedes-unlocked-and-with-keys-inside-stolen-in-darien-tracked-to-new-jersey-town-two-hours-away-337986The most recent spate of vehicles being entered overnight in Darien took place from Thursday to Friday, Aug.
September 2, 2020 | https://darienite.com/unlocked-darien-vehicles-recently-targeted-for-burglary-theft-111593Four vehicles were stolen and another vehicle stolen from elsewhere was left in town sometime overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, Nov.
November 20, 2019 | https://darienite.com/in-three-nights-four-vehicles-stolen-in-darien-11-others-entered-all-15-unlocked-51876Twenty-one vehicles were entered overnight from Sunday to Monday, Nov.
November 12, 2019 | https://darienite.com/hardworking-thieves-open-lots-of-unlocked-darien-vehicles-drive-off-with-four-51702When the owner of a 2011 Toyota Sienna parked the minivan in a Darien Railroad Station parking lot at 33 West Ave.
October 1, 2019 | https://darienite.com/unlocked-minivan-stolen-from-darien-train-station-parking-lot-on-sept-25-or-26-49848Trying to find the young thieves who visit town to enter unlocked vehicles overnight, — stealing from some of them and, when the keys are left inside, sometimes stealing the cars themselves — is like looking for a needle in a haystack for police, a Darien police captain recently told the Board of Selectmen.
August 6, 2019 | https://darienite.com/how-darien-police-respond-to-overnight-thefts-from-unlocked-cars-48146In the past week, five Darien residents had their vehicles — all of them unlocked — stolen sometime overnight, and a total of 11 town residents found their vehicles had been entered after they were left unlocked, police said.
July 5, 2019 | https://darienite.com/five-vehicles-stolen-11-entered-in-darien-in-the-past-week-you-guessed-it-all-unlocked-46974Unlocked motor vehicles were entered outside five Darien homes on Richmond Drive, Mansfield Place and Woods End Road (all within a mile of each other on the west side of town) overnight Wednesday to Thursday, Jan.
February 6, 2019 | https://darienite.com/unlocked-vehicles-outside-five-darien-homes-entered-overnight-wednesday-to-thursday-jan-30-to-31-42769The latest loss from someone in Darien who didn’t lock a car parked outside overnight is a gray backpack and Chromebook laptop at 15 Herman Ave., Darien police said.
January 17, 2019 | https://darienite.com/another-unlocked-darien-vehicle-entered-on-herman-ave-laptop-stolen-42296Darien police are advising the public that it’s becoming more frequent for thieves who check to see if vehicles are unlocked to also check to see if a house is unlocked.
January 10, 2019 | https://darienite.com/police-thieves-looking-for-unlocked-vehicles-also-look-for-unlocked-homes-in-darien-and-other-area-towns-42093After a Fitch Avenue resident left a silver 2016 Honda CRV, unlocked and with the key fob in it, in the home’s driveway Thursday night, it was stolen, but a thief and the car were found before dawn, Darien police said.
June 29, 2018 | https://darienite.com/unlocked-darien-suv-stolen-overnight-crashed-before-dawn-hartford-teen-and-a-juvenile-arrested-34712