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Oops: Woman Tells Police $12,000 in Cash Taken From Unlocked Car at Park

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Darien police say a woman told them Wednesday not only that she had not locked her car when she parked at Stony Brook Park on Ledge Road, but that she’d left her purse in it — containing cash totaling $12,000. The purse and the money were gone when she got back to the car, she told police. Here’s how police described what she told them:

At about 4:30 p.m., she parked her blue 2015 Subaru XV in the small lot at the park, then left. When she got back to the car at about 5:40 p.m., her purse, left on the front passenger seat, was gone. Along with the money, there were several credit cards, also gone.

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UNLOCKED SUV Entered Overnight Thursday to Friday on Old Kings Highway South

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The owner of a blue 2017 BMW X3 told police that his unlocked SUV had been entered sometime between 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22 and just before 10:31 a.m. Thursday, March 23, when he called police. The vehicle had been parked outside overnight near 106 Old Kings Hwy. South. The glove box and center console had each been left open, but nothing appeared to be missing, the owner told police.

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Employee’s Jeep Entered at Dealership Sometime from Friday to Sunday, March 16 to 18

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A Jeep Wrangler recently left by its owner for two days at the Mini of Fairfield County dealership was entered, rummaged through and received some minor damage, police were told. Nothing appears to have been stolen. Police gave this further account of what happened:

The employee left the yellow 2006 Jeep Wrangler at the dealership on Friday, March 16 while he was out of town for two days. On Sunday, March 18, he returned and noticed the zipped rear window of the soft-top had been unzipped. Inside, the contents of the center console had been disturbed, along with some items on the back seat, and the steering column cover was removed.

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Holmes Court and Holmes Ave Targeted in Latest Thefts From Motor Vehicles

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In a neighborhood frequently targeted by thieves trying unlocked car doors overnight, two more vehicles were entered at night from Monday to Tuesday, March 12 to 13. The Jeep and the pickup truck were parked outside less than 300 feet from each other, at different addresses on Holmes Avenue and nearby Holmes Court. Police described what happened this way:

At 11:29 a.m. on Tuesday, a resident of 2 Holmes Court told police her unlocked, green Chevrolet K1500 pickup was entered sometime overnight. When she went to the truck she saw the front passenger door slightly open, and the glove box was open, with the contents on the front passenger seat. Nothing appeared to be missing.

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Car Damaged in Apparent Burglary Attempt

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A Herman Avenue resident told police that his black 2010 Chevrolet Malibu recently was damaged in an apparent burglary attempt. The matter was reported to police on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The owner said he hadn’t noticed the damage until a neighbor mentioned that recently there had been numerous thefts from cars in the neighborhood. The car had been locked and no entry was made by any thief.

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Slew of UNLOCKED Vehicles Entered Overnight in 3-Block Area of Noroton Heights

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Several thefts were discovered on Friday from 17 unlocked cars and sport utility vehicles entered overnight  — 13 on Allen O’Neill Drive and four more on Herman Avenue, two blocks to the east. The 17 vehicles were parked outside nine homes on Allen O’Neill Drive and two homes on Herman Avenue. Most of the vehicle owners in that Noroton Heights neighborhood told police they didn’t find anything missing, and the list of items looted from the vehicles is pretty short: A wallet (with an unknown amount of money in it), a dart set valued at $160, a Dunkin Donuts gift card, a Macy’s store card. Vehicles reported as having been entered but with nothing stolen from them usually have items from the glove compartment or center console strewn about inside or are found with doors left ajar. After police were notified early Friday morning by one of the victims who found items taken from her sport utility vehicle, police canvassed the neighborhood and quickly found many other cars that had been entered.

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Six Vehicles Entered Over Weekend in Darien, One Was Stolen, All Were Unlocked

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A blue 2015 Lexus RX was reported stolen from the driveway of a Laforge Road house overnight Friday to Saturday, the same night unlocked vehicles in front of three other homes were entered not far away. The night before, unlocked vehicles were entered in front of two other homes. Altogether, vehicles in front of six homes were reported entered. Locked vehicles, including some outside the same houses as the entered vehicles appeared to have been untouched. — All information in this article comes from Darien police.

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Window of BMW Smashed on Old Kings Hwy North — Thief Got Next to Nothing

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A window was smashed by a thief to get entry into a car parked in a lot off of Old Kings Highway North sometime in the late morning Sunday, Jan. 7. The thief didn’t get anything of much value: six months of the victim’s pay stubs in the glove box and two empty bank bags on the back seat, according to Darien police. Police gave this further account of what happened:

The victim parked his 0 BMW X6 at the Old Kings Highway Tennis Club at  Old Kings Hwy. North at about 10:30 a.m. When he returned to the car at 12 noon, he saw that the rear driver’s side window was smashed and the glove box was open. The car was locked and was the only one known to have been broken into.