Stolen Motor Vehicles 2016

Public Safety

UPDATE: 4 Arrests After 14 Cars Entered Overnight, Four Stolen in Noroton Bay Area, Three Found Again

By David Gurliacci | July 25, 2016

— See update, marked at bottom of article —

At least 14 unlocked vehicles parked at homes in the Noroton Bay neighborhood were entered overnight, possibly by teenagers or young men from Hartford looking to steal nice cars for joy riding, Darien police said. Four vehicles with keys left inside them were taken sometime before dawn Monday morning, with one found around the corner from where it was parked, two others found (by 1 p.m.) in Hartford and the fourth still missing, police said. At about 1 p.m., Darien police learned from Hartford police that officers in that city stopped one of the vehicles with three young men or teenagers in it, and charges are expected to be filed against at least one of them. Darien police described the matter with this account (including accusations not proven in court):

Police believe the car thieves are among a group of teenagers or young men in a Hartford neighborhood who repeatedly go to upscale neighborhoods to find fancier cars to steal and ride around in before abandoning them in an area of Hartford. City police found a number of abandoned, stolen vehicles, including a BMW X5 sport utility vehicle stolen from Noroton Bay Monday morning.