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Noroton Residents Report Thefts from SUV, Mailbox

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Items delivered and put in or near a mailbox on Wilson Ridge Road were stolen early last week at about the same time that a resident of the Post Road, nearby, found items stolen from her vehicle. Darien police gave this description of the thefts reported to them:

On Wilson Ridge Road

A resident told police she believed that on Tuesday, Dec. 22, UPS delivered a gingerbread house in a small box and an envelope which were then stolen. The UPS delivery man usually leaves the items by or in the mailbox, she said, although she didn’t have UPS tracking information available when she made the report. A woman told the victim that an envelope with the Wilson Ridge home’s address was found on the ground on Hillside Avenue (and that’s when the victim realized items had been stolen).

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Two Unlocked SUVs Entered on Hollow Tree Ridge Road

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Vehicles parked in two different driveways on Hollow Tree Ridge Road were entered overnight between Nov. 6 and 7. Some items were taken from one of them. Both vehicles had been left unlocked. Police gave these descriptions of the incidents:

At 261 Hollow Tree Road, a resident parked a 2014 GMC Yukon at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Nov.

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Police Chief: Suspect Identified in ‘at Least Four’ Recent Vehicle Burglaries

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A suspect has been identified in “at least four” recent vehicle burglaries, Darien Police Chief Duane Lovello told the Police Commission on Wednesday. The suspect was “stopped by the night shift, and they [detectives] will be doing a warrant” for the suspect’s arrest, Lovello said. Lovello may or may not have been referring to a male police stopped on the Post Road, a non-Darien resident was seen riding a bicycle at 12:14 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11 on the Post Road. The male was stopped on the same night items were stolen from two vehicles parked in driveways on Goodwives River Road.

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Thefts from Three Unlocked Cars on Pine Brook Lane Overnight Thu to Fri

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Sometime overnight from Thursday to Friday, three unlocked cars parked in driveways on Pine Brook Lane were entered and had things taken from them, the victims told police. Of the three vehicles from which things were stolen on the very short street, the latest to be parked in one of the driveways came at 10:10 p.m., and the earliest point that someone found things missing in one of the vehicles was 6 a.m.

On the same night, someone used a rock to smash a passenger window of a vehicle parked on Wakeman Lane, then steal items valued at $1,800 from the vehicle

2014 BMW X3

The owner of a black 2014 BMW X3 was the first to report a theft. The 59-year-old woman came to Police Headquarters at about 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Oc. 16. She told police that shed parked her car in her driveway at 7:50 p.m. Thursday and returned to it at 6 a.m., Friday to find the center console open and a $20 bill and a small amount of loose coins missing from it.

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As Woman Buys Gum at Gas Station, Purse & Keys Stolen from Car

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A purse was stolen from the seat of a 24-year-old woman’s car on Wednesday, Sept. 2, after she stopped to buy some gum at a gas station. The incident occurred sometime before 10:30 p.m. at the Tri S Mobil gas station at 211 Post Road, near Exit 13, according to Darien police, who gave this account of the matter:

The woman, a Cumberland, R.I. resident, was driving on Interstate 95, as was her father in a separate vehicle. They both got off the highway and stopped at the gas station. The woman went into the convenience store at the station to buy the gum and other items, then returned to her car.

Jabari White

Cops: Arrested Man Said He’d Heard on the News that Darien Cars Were Unlocked

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The practice of not locking cars overnight in Darien, as noted in some news report, was what attracted a Stamford man to do some nighttime stealing here, Darien police say. The man, Jabari White, 20, of Tresser Blvd., Stamford, told police that he got the idea of stealing from Darien cars after he saw a news report mentioning that the practice of not locking cars overnight was widespread in town. White, arrested Sept. 2, was the man police had said was seen on surveillance video at the Darien South rest stop on Interstate 95 on the night of many of the thefts from cars, as Darienite.com was the first to report. White is the second man recently arrested on charges of breaking into multiple vehicles overnight in Darien.

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Yet More Thefts from Unlocked Motor Vehicles

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With publicity about the arrest last week of a homeless Stamford man charged with entering unlocked vehicles overnight in Noroton and Noroton Heights, more people are calling police to report thefts from their own cars, Darien police say. Joel Mackinnon, a 48-year-old homeless Stamford man, was charged Wednesday, Aug. 19, with thefts from vehicles in the wee hours of that day, and police are looking to see whether or not he was involved with similar overnight thefts in the same area. Here’s a rundown of the recent thefts:

Over the past four months, 17 motor vehicles were entered. Most were parked in driveways or streets within a mile of the Noroton Heights Railroad Station, where Mackinnon was arrested — on Miles Road, the southern end of Hollow Tree Ridge Road and Outlook Drive. Some occurred on William Street, and another was on Charles Street.

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Wallet, Phone Stolen from Unlocked SUV Parked Overnight at Shopping Center

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A man told police that someone entered his SUV, which had broken locks, when it was parked overnight at a shopping center parking lot in town. The man parked the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the lot at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 9. He returned to the shopping center at 25 Old King’s Highway North at about 9 a.m. the next day. A wallet, including the debit and credit cards in it, was stolen. The wallet had been in the center console.

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Gifts Stolen from SUV Parked Overnight on Rose Lane

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A 58-year-old man told Darien police that gifts were stolen out of his SUV overnight July 9 to 10 while the vehicle was parked in the driveway of a house on Rose Lane. The man said he parked his 2015 Ford Explorer at 11 p.m. and returned to it the next morning at 9 a.m. when he noticed several packages were gone. The packages were wrapped gifts, incliuding clothing valued at $150 and sneakers with a value of $100. The SUV had been unlocked.