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Darien Motor Vehicle Burglary 2020

Darien Motor Vehicle Burglary 2020

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Gone in 30 Seconds: Camera Shows Thief Who Took C-Note Quickly In and Out of Car

By David Gurliacci | November 18, 2020

A YMCA surveillance camera covering the parking lot showed a male enter the lot from the Post Road, enter a vehicle and — 30 seconds later — get out of the vehicle. The video recording was consulted after a man found that a $100 bill was missing from his wallet, which he had put in the center console before he went in the building to work out. He didn’t lock the vehicle, which was vulnerable in the lot at 2420 Post Road from about 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. on Friday the 13th.

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On Two Nights, Different Car Theft Groups in Darien: Teens Found and Charged in One, Car Stolen in Another

By David Gurliacci | June 11, 2020

Two Norwalk teenagers admitted they were trying to steal a car in Darien when police caught them on Wednesday, June 3, and on Saturday to Sunday, June 7, a vehicle was stolen and later found in Hartford, police said. On each of the nights, unlocked cars were targeted, and multiple vehicles were entered, Darien police said. Also on each of those nights: Home security cameras showed people creeping around at about 3 a.m. In the stolen-car incident, that didn’t stop a resident at the same address from leaving car unlocked. The cars entered were at locations including streets well off the main roads in town and had one main thing in common — their owners had left them unlocked, and in at least one case, with the key or key fob inside. Here are the details, as provided by Darien police (including accusations not proven in court):
THE 3 CASES TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
Teens Charged
At 2:54 a.m., a security camera at a home on Littlebrook Road picked up two males running up the driveway near a parked vehicle.

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Bank Cards Stolen from Unlocked SUV on Hollow Tree Ridge Road

By David Gurliacci | June 2, 2020

Sometime between 6 and 7 p.m., Thursday, May 28, various bank cards and $50 in cash were stolen from an SUV outside a home at 157 Hollow Tree Ridge Road, police said. According to police:

The owner told police that her 2007 Honda Element was unlocked when it was entered, and that the bank cards and cash were in card holder that also held her driver’s license. When she reported the theft to police at 7 p.m., she said there hadn’t been any activity on her cards and that they had all been frozen. Recent Similar Reports

Three Unlocked Cars Entered on Patton Drive on Same Night Last Week (May 28)
Four Vehicles Entered Overnight on Edgerton St, Hollow Tree Ridge Rd, Thief Gets Wallet from One (May 21)
Three SUVs Entered Overnight, May 4 to 5 on Hillcrest Ave, Miller Road (May 12)

Both a Car and an SUV Stolen on Same Night in Different Parts of Town (May 7)

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Three Unlocked Cars Entered on Patton Drive on Same Night Last Week

By David Gurliacci | May 28, 2020

Three unlocked cars outside two homes on Patton Drive in Noroton Heights were entered overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, May 20 to 21, police said. Meanwhile, police in Stamford and New Canaan have noted that more vehicles are being entered in those towns. The owner of a Toyota Corolla parked outside 5 Patton Dr. told police at 6:42 a.m., May 21 that the car was entered. Items from storage compartments were strewn on the front seats, but nothing seemed to have been stolen, police were told. At 4 Patton Dr., a Fiat 500 and BMW 3 Series were also entered, with items from storage compartments strewn about inside.

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Four Vehicles Entered Overnight on Edgerton St, Hollow Tree Ridge Rd, Thief Gets Wallet from One

By David Gurliacci | May 21, 2020

Three vehicles were entered on Edgerton Street sometime overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, May 13 to 14, police were told, and one of the vehicles was in an unlocked garage. A wallet with some bank cards was stolen. Apparently on the same night, a vehicle was entered on Hollow Tree Ridge Road, about a half-mile away. This map shows the addresses where the vehicles were entered. Darien police gave out these additional details:
23 Edgerton St.

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Three SUVs Entered Overnight, May 4 to 5 on Hillcrest Ave, Miller Road

By David Gurliacci | May 12, 2020

A Hillcrest Avenue resident told police her purse was stolen out of her unlocked 2020 Audi Q5 sometime overnight Monday to Tuesday, May 4 to 5, and one of her bank cards was used that night at a gas station — in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The incident was one of three that night that were reported to police — one on the same street, the other on Miller Road, less than a mile away. A video surveillance recording at one home on Miller (with locked vehicles) caught a male and another suspect trying to get in cars at 3 a.m., police said. Police gave these additional details of the incidents:
14 Hillcrest Ave. Along with bank cards, the victim’s purse had her identification cards and cash in it.

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Both a Car and an SUV Stolen on Same Night in Different Parts of Town

By David Gurliacci | May 7, 2020

Overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, April 28 to 29, an Audi A4 was stolen from outside a home on Holly Lane, the same night a Toyota Highlander was stolen from Fairfield Avenue. Both vehicles were later found in Bridgeport. Police received one report of a third vehicle someone apparently had tried to enter the next night, late on Wednesday, April 29. That car was locked, but the alarm went off. Three days after the car thefts, on Friday, May 1, a fourth vehicle was was reported as having been entered.

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