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Police Charge Man with Repeatedly Breaking Into Noroton Liquor Store

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Three times last winter, Frate Liquor Store at 1937 Post Road was broken into when a rock was used to smash through the front window. Now police have charged a 46-year-old Stamford man with committing two of the crimes. The third break-in remains under investigation. Darien police gave this account of what happened, including accusations not proven in court:

The burglaries happened from December 2016 to February of this year. In each incident, the suspect smashed out the front window with a rock, then climbed through.

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Police Release Video of Frate’s Liquor Store Threepeat Thief

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Three times since mid-December, the same thief has broken outside windows at Frate’s Wines & Liquors at 1937 Post Road in the Noroton section of Darien, ignored the liquor and made off with cash. Now police have released a video showing the man, his car and the act of grabbing the cash register drawer. The hat-trick burglar is not only unusual in returning to the same business three times, Police Chief Ray Osborne says that another unusual aspect of his behavior has made it a little harder for police to catch him.  

“It’s very strange,” Osborne told the Police Commission at its regular meeting Wednesday. “It’s the only place he seems to be hitting, as far as we can find.”