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At Darien Railroad Station, Coffee Stand’s Closet Burglarized

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Two cartons of cigarettes valued at $89 apiece and some other items were stolen from a closet used by the small newspaper/coffee stand inside Darien Railroad Station. The items were last seen at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27 by the person running the news stand. When that person returned at 4 p.m. that day, the items were gone from the closet. The person who runs the news stand had accidentally left the storage closet unlocked when closing up the shop at 9 a.m.

A look at video surveillance recordings at the station showed (at about 1:45 p.m.) a heavy-set black male wearing a maroon sweatshirt and tan pants removing a carton of cigarettes from inside his jacket pocket and putting it into a blue duffel bag, then boarding a westbound train shortly afterward.

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ATM Heist at Abello’s Deli Gets Burglars $1,700 in Cash

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At least two burglars ripped a hole in the roof of Abello’s Deli at 72 Tokeneke Rd. in the wee hours of Monday, June 8, dragged the ATM machine into a walk-in cooler and ripped it open to get $1,700 in cash. Darien police said the burglary, which was completed by 1 a.m., was well-thought out, although images of the burglars were captured by the store’s surveillance video cameras. The wrecked cash machine was worth even more than the money it held — $2,200. According to police:

The burglars used a ladder the store had in the back of the building to get to the roof, then it probably took them about 45 minutes to rip it open.