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Some Fool Burglarizes Jake’s Place: Gets Only $145 in Coins

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In a rich town where many leave their cars unlocked overnight, and sometimes their homes, some burglar decided to break into Jake’s Place, the modest little restaurant at the corner of Noroton Avenue and Ledge Road. An employee arriving for work at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, noticed glass on the floor and a broken side window; police were called. A blue bank bag with $25 in dimes, $10 in nickels and $75 in quarters was taken. A small safe nearby appeared to have been rifled through, but it seemed nothing was taken.

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Burglars Take ATM from One Darien Gas Station, Attempt It at Another

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Thieves broke into the Mobil gas station at 211 Post Road overnight from Sunday to Monday, Aug. 21 to 22, and carried away an automated teller machine with $640 in it. The theft is one of a number of recent burglaries targeting ATM machines around Fairfield County. They include a burglary in Westport that same weekend and another at the Standard gas station at 180 Noroton Ave. (on the east side of that street’s intersection with West Avenue) sometime in the past weekend.

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Break-in at Middlesex Club — But Nothing Taken

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The club house at Middlesex Club on Echo Drive North was broken into sometime overnight between Wednesday, June 29 and Thursday, June 30, but nothing was found to have been stolen. At 7:30 that Thursday morning, the front door of the building had been broken open. Police were called at 7:45 a.m. The door had been last seen undamaged at about 7:30 p.m. the night before. Inside, nothing appeared to be missing. No cash is kept in the clubhouse — only tennis related equipment, as well as some office items, all of which were still present.

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Hole in Darien Doughnut’s Security: Money Taken

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Money was found to be missing from the Darien Doughnut office early on the morning of Monday, May 9, after a period in which small amounts of money were found to have been missing, the store owner told police. Over the past few weeks, the owner had noticed money missing from the daily closings — different amounts, but all small. On the morning when the report was filed, the owner was told by an employee working early that money was missing from the office at the store. The store, located at 370 Heights Road, had been closed at 3 p.m. the Sunday before, but workers are often there at very early morning hours to bake items. There was no forced entry into the business, and none of its alarms had gone off, police said. Police are actively investigating the theft.