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Preventing Bicycle Thefts: What Darien Police Are Doing and What You Can Do

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After four locked bicycles recently were stolen from bike racks at the Darien and Noroton Heights railroad station, Darienite.com asked police Detective James Palmieri, a spokesman for the department, what police are doing and what bicycle owners can do to make the thefts less likely.  

The recent thefts are only the latest spate in a long problem with stolen bicycles in town. Many unlocked bicycles are stolen from various locations around Darien, but bikes tend to be locked up at the train stations while commuters are at work. One suggestion Palmieri made for bicycle owners was to record the serial number of the bicycle: Knowing it can help police when they look through pawn shop records or if they suspect a bicycle is stolen and want to confirm it. Here’s what Palmieri said in an email exchange:

Darienite.com: Have police started watching the bike racks more closely? 

Palmieri: Yes, we have a general time frame that seems to be when these bikes go missing so we have been watching during those times.

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Ride, Lock, Get Stolen, Repeat: Several Locked Bicycles Stolen at Darien, Noroton Heights Train Stations

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Several bicycles were stolen at Darien and Noroton Heights railroad stations over a period of several days early last week, the owners told police, with locks cut and sometimes left behind. Darien police are investigating the daytime thefts, the first of which occurred well before the others on Tuesday, Sept. 5 (but wasn’t reported until later), and then once per day from Monday, Sept. 11 through Wednesday, Sept. 13.

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Bicycle Valued at $500 Stolen from Yard on Park Lane

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A Raleigh mountain bike was reported stolen from the front yard of a home on Park Lane, just off of West Avenue near the Darien-Stamford border. The bicycle had been left overnight in the front yard of the home and was last seen at about 1 a.m. on Monday, May 1. By 7:30 a.m. that day, the bicycle was missing. Police say the bicycle was there in the front yard at 1 a.m. because a police officer on patrol recalled seeing then. The gray bicycle has 22-inch tires.