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Gas Station’s Glass Door Smashed and Cash Taken in Overnight Break-In

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A “quantity of cash” was taken sometime overnight from Monday to Tuesday, April 20 to 21 when a glass door was smashed and the Citgo gas station at the corner of Tokeneke and Five Mile River Roads was entered, police said. Darien police provided this further information about the incident:

At 7:50 a.m., Police were called by someone who works at the gas station, located just before the bridge going into Rowayton. The man said that when he arrived at 7:30, he saw the glass door shattered. He checked inside and found that cash had been stolen from the register. Police detectives went to the station to examine it for evidence.

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Glass Breaks, Store Alarm Sounds, Burglar Flees — Apparently Empty Handed

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A burglar broke into Bob’s Furniture and Gun Exchange in the early hours of last Saturday morning, March 28, but left right after a burglar alarm sounded at the 429 Post Road business, Darien police said. Police gave these further details about what happened:

A security camera showed that the burglar (not described by the police announcement in any way) broke the top section of the glass in the front door and pushed the door open when the alarm sounded. The burglar alarm alerted police at 4:39 a.m. Officers arriving at the scene saw the door’s broken glass. Nothing appeared to be missing from the store. Police detectives were called to the scene to examine it for evidence.

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Darien Police Night 03-01-17

Break-in at Mama Carmela’s Deli Involves Tampered Lock, Not Much Taken

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A lock was tampered with in order to break in to Mama Carmela’s Italian Deli sometime overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, Feb. 26 to 27, but not much money was taken, according to police. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Darien Police Commission, Police Chief Donald Anderson described the burglary, adding additional details to the police announcement issued the same day. At 5:15 a.m., Wednesday, a police officer on patrol was flagged down by two people in front of Mama Carmela’s at 1981 Post Road. They told the officer that when they arrived at work, they found the front-door lock had been damaged.