A man who put a check in his own mailbox on Richmond Drive on Jan. 29 told police that it had been cashed for a much larger amount and to somebody he didn’t know, police said.
The man called Darien police on Feb. 9, after he saw his bank statement and noticed the discrepancy.
Other recent reports of checks stolen from mailboxes in town:
—Check From Another Mailbox in Darien Stolen, Washed, Fraudulently Cashed (Feb. 13)
—Two More Mailbox Thefts, Checks Washed, Rewritten and Cashed in Each Case (Feb. 2)