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Police: Unlocked Vehicles Entered Outside Two Homes on Same Night, Locked Ones Not Touched

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A pencil case valued at $50 was stolen when a pickup truck and a sport utility vehicle were entered overnight Friday to Saturday, June 14 to 15 on Old Parish Road. On the same night, a key ring with some keys on it was stolen when two vehicles were entered on Holly Lane. In all cases, the vehicles were unlocked. Darien police described what happened with these accounts:
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A home security camera caught two males entering the Chevrolet Blazer, one through the front passenger-side door, the other through the driver’s door of the SUV. Not shown on the video was the entry into the Chevrolet Silverado.

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Two Motor Vehicles Entered Over the Weekend — After a Months-Long Hiatus

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Two motor vehicles were entered sometime overnight in different parts of town, owners discovered Friday and Sunday — the first such reports in about two and a half months, Police Chief Raymond Osborne said. The vehicles, of course, were unlocked. Locked vehicles are hardly ever entered overnight in residential neighborhoods. “We went over two and a half months without a motor vehicle burglary,” Osborne told the Police Commission on Tuesday. “So, we had a good streak […] now we’ve only had a couple of them, and hopefully this is an anomaly.

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Three Motor Vehicles Entered, Two in Same General Area of Town

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Two vehicles were entered in the same area on the west side of town, possibly the same night, resulting in the theft of one tool, and another vehicle parked in the lot at Trader Joe’s was entered by someone who stole things from the trunk, Darien police said. Police described what happened in each case with these accounts:
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The owner of a 2015 Jeep Wrangler left it unlocked in the driveway at 1 Fresh Meadows Lane at about 10 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 2. Fresh Meadows Lane is near Holmes Avenue, where two of the other motor vehicles were entered. On Feb.

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Unlocked Vehicles Outside Five Darien Homes Entered Overnight Wednesday to Thursday Jan 30 to 31

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Unlocked motor vehicles were entered outside five Darien homes on Richmond Drive, Mansfield Place and Woods End Road (all within a mile of each other on the west side of town) overnight Wednesday to Thursday, Jan. 30 to 31. It seems not much loot resulted from the effort: Apparently only the keys to one of the vehicles was taken, but not the vehicle itself. Police described these incidents:
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A 33 Richmond Dr. resident was woken just before 3:08 a.m. (when police were called) by the sound of his car alarm. The resident looked outside to see two males near one of the vehicles in the driveway.

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Another Unlocked Darien Vehicle Entered on Herman Ave, Laptop Stolen

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The latest loss from someone in Darien who didn’t lock a car parked outside overnight is a gray backpack and Chromebook laptop at 15 Herman Ave., Darien police said. According to police:

The victim told police on Jan. 10 that she last saw the missing items in a 2011 Honda Pilot on Dec. 21. The sport-utility vehicle was parked outside, unlocked between then and Dec.

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5 Unlocked Vehicles Outside 2 Homes on Midbrook Lane Entered, Prescription Meds Taken

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Three vehicles parked outside one house on Midbrook Lane were entered sometime overnight from Monday to Tuesday, Jan. 7 to 8, and another two outside a second house on the same street were also entered. Not one of them was locked. Three prescription medication bottles were missing from the center console of a 2013 Ford Explorer outside 14 Midbrook Lane, police said. Also outside that house were a 2004 Lexus GX and a 2018 Mitsubishi Outback.

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Police: Thieves Looking for Unlocked Vehicles Also Look for Unlocked Homes In Darien, Other Towns

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Darien police are advising the public that it’s becoming more frequent for thieves who check to see if vehicles are unlocked to also check to see if a house is unlocked. It happened around Christmas on Fairfield Avenue, in a theft that led to the arrest of a 17-year-old Norwalk boy, and homes were entered twice overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, Jan. 9 to 10. Teenagers involved in these thefts and attempts at stealing can often be involved in more serious crimes elsewhere, the statement said. Here’s a statement from Darien police, including details on the recent overnight incidents:

The town of Darien continues to experience an increase in overnight-hour burglaries into unlocked motor vehicles.

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One Vehicle Stolen, Four Others Entered in Darien Overnight from Dec 25 to 26

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A 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan, parked in the driveway at 47 Fitch Ave. was found stolen the morning after Christmas, one of four vehicles that Darien owners told police had been entered that night. Here’s how Darien police described the incidents:

The stolen SUV had been locked — but other vehicles parked outside the same home weren’t, and the owner said the SUV may have been taken using a spare key in one of the unlocked cars. The Tiguan had been seen in the driveway the night before, at about 11 p.m., when residents of the house arrived home and parked two other SUVs in the driveway, leaving them unlocked. Sometime before 9:18 a.m., when police were called, the door of one of the SUVs, a 2017 Jeep Wrangler, was found ajar.