A 10:15 a.m. burglar alarm on Saturday, Oct. 8 alerted Darien police to a house on the 100 block of Long Neck Point Road, where officers found signs of items disturbed in two rooms.
Police as of Tuesday had no information on whether any items were taken in the break-in. They gave this account of the incident:
When the alarm company contacted police, they had already called the homeowner, who said nobody was supposed to be at the house.
Officers already in the area quickly arrived, and as they approached the house they saw a window screen on the ground and the lower portion of a window broken out. They advised police dispatch, and other officers arrived and surrounded the house, in case any burglar or burglars were still inside.
But when they entered the house, they found no one. A police canine from New Canaan was called in, but the dog found no one in the house, either.
Police did find items disturbed in a master bedroom upstairs, where a closet had been gone through, and on the first floor, in a home office closet. Neighbors were checked to see if they were all right. Police found no one in the neighborhood who had seen or heard anything.