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Phone Stolen at Dunkin Donuts, Tracked to Area of Dubois St

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A teenager whose phone was stolen at Dunkin Donuts last Friday was able to track it to “the area of” Dubois Street before the phone was turned off, according to police, who said they intended to check the store’s video record. The case, reported to police at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 13, shows two typical tools used when cell phones are reported stolen: the “Find My iPhone” feature now on many of Apple’s iPhones, and video surveillance records from store cameras. (Both tools also have their limits — video records don’t always capture a good image of a person; as in this case, when a phone is turned off, the finder feature stops workinCe.)

The 16-year-old Darien teenager told police that she was sitting at a table in the downtown Dunkin Donuts at 967 Post Road with a friend at 3:30 p.m. After a few minutes, they left, but she left the cell phone behind on the table. ____________

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Strange Report of Unusual Cell Phone Theft

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Reader, make of this what you will. It’s what Darien police say they know of the matter, based on what they were told and what they found, but — fair warning — you’ll be scratching your head:

The report by a 34-year-old Norwalk woman that her cell phone was stolen at Whole Foods Market started out looking like a regular theft. The woman said she went to the supermarket at 150 Ledge Road at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11 and was there for about half an hour. When she got to the cash register at about 4 p.m., she noticed that her purse was slightly open and her iPhone 6, a 16G phone which she valued at about $750, was missing.