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Jeep Stolen Overnight from Outside Sunswyck Rd Home — Police: No Signs of Forced Entry

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For two weeks, a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee sat in the driveway of a Sunswyck Road home, and the owner told police that she believes it was locked and the keys weren’t in it. But when she found at 5 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27 that the Jeep was missing (she’d last seen it the night before, at about 9:30 p.m.), there were no signs of forced entry. Thefts of vehicles that are unlocked and with the keys inside are almost the only kinds of vehicle thefts that happen overnight outside Darien homes. When a vehicle window is smashed in order for a thief to get in a car, police usually find broken glass on the pavement.

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SUV Stolen from Sylvan Road Among Recent Overnight Vehicles Entered

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An unlocked sport utility vehicle with its keys left inside was stolen from the driveway of 19 Sylvan Road on Sunday, Nov. 25, police were told by the owner, who was visiting a friend. Darien police gave these additional details about the incident and the following other recent incidents involving thieves entering vehicles in town:
NOV 25 — 19 SYLVAN RD

The SUV, a 2011 BMW X5, was last seen in the driveway at about 9 p.m., the victim told police. She said that by 11:45 p.m., not three hours later, she realized it was missing. Inside the SUV was a pocketbook in which she had her driver’s license, bank cards, about $1,000 in jewelry and $300 in cash.

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One Apparently Unlocked Vehicle Stolen, Then Found; Other Unlocked Vehicles Entered

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One car was — briefly — missing and two other vehicles were entered in Darien on two different nights last weekend. As usual, all three vehicles apparently hadn’t been locked. Darien police provided these details on each incident:
Stolen: Libby Lane, Overnight Friday to Saturday
A 2012 Ford Fusion was stolen from the driveway of 16 Libby Lane sometime overnight, the owner discovered shortly before 8:32 a.m., Saturday, when he called police. The man said that when he parks the car at home, he typically leaves the keys hidden inside it but locks the car and uses a second key for access. He wasn’t sure if he had locked the car that night.

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Police Chief: Thefts From (and of) Unlocked Vehicles Continues to Follow Pretty Uniform Pattern

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Police Chief Ray Osborne recently responded to questions from Darien Police Commission Chairman J. Paul Johnson about the pattern typically followed by thieves stealing from vehicles Darien drivers leave unlocked outside overnight. “We’ve had some success in making arrests,” Osborne said. “The Detective Division is working very hard on this latest rash, and we do have some viable leads on that. We’ll be following up as best we can.” “Do we have any idea whether this is a kind of planned group that is doing this, or just individuals?”

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Nine Unlocked Vehicles Entered, One Stolen, on One Night Last Week

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Five unlocked vehicles were entered, with items taken from some of them, on Hickory Lane and nearby Deepwood Road overnight from Monday to Tuesday, and one of them was stolen, police said. That same night, three other unlocked vehicles, along with another that appears to have been unlocked were entered at various other locations in town. Bridgeport police found the car and arrested two early the next morning. Darien police described the incidents this way:
Hickory Lane and Deepwood Road
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At 7:38 a.m., Tuesday, police were told that a silver 2015 Lexus IS 350, parked unlocked and with the keys inside, had been stolen sometime beteen 8:45 p.m. Monday night, July 16. A set of golf clubs valued at $1,700 was inside the car. Police checking the area found a small case with a name on it.

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Unlocked Darien SUV Stolen Overnight, Crashed Before Dawn, Hartford Teen and a Juvenile Arrested [Updated]

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After a Fitch Avenue resident left a silver 2016 Honda CRV, unlocked and with the key fob in it, in the home’s driveway Thursday night, it was stolen, but a thief and the car were found before dawn, Darien police said. Darien police gave this account of what happened, including accusations not proven in court (we’ve added information at 6:31 p.m., in italics below, directly from a Greenwich police report, replacing a report from Darien Patch, which had cited it; the initial time of the incident has been changed to reflect the Greenwich police report):

At about 3:34 a.m., Greenwich police were dispatched to the Ocean View Avenue area in the Byram section of town (near I-95 Exit 2) on a report of a suspicious vehicle. The vehicle fled onto Interstate 95, on the southbound-traffic side, headed toward New York state. Police did not pursue it. About 20 minutes later, police spotted the SUV again, this time on East Putnam Avenue near Sheephill Road in Greenwich (near I-95 Exit 5).

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Two Cars in Same Neighborhood Stolen Amid Spate of Vehicle Entries Overnight, March 11 to 12

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Of course they were all unlocked. Every last one of them. Overnight from Sunday to Monday, March 11 to 12, two vehicles were stolen from streets off of Middlesex Road near Stamford and four vehicles in other parts of town were entered. This article also has information on two previous entries into motor vehicles that the owners believed had been left unlocked. Here are the details, according to Darien police.

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Police: Stolen Van Found Smoking, with Flat Tire on Post Road, Three Teens Arrested

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A van left with its keys in it overnight in the driveway off the Post Road was found on the roadway at about 1 a.m., Sunday, less than a quarter of a mile from three teenagers who were then arrested, police said. Darien police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

An officer on patrol saw two males walking north on Hollow Tree Ridge Road close to the Post Road, where plenty of unlocked motor vehicles have been entered, stolen from and in some cases stolen, especially in the past year or two. The officer stopped the two and then saw a third male walking from the driveway of a nearby residence. More officers were dispatched to the area. Just before arriving there, one of the officers saw an abandoned Ford Econoline van on the Post Road, partly blocking its intersection with Hollow Tree Ridge Road.