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Three Males Grab Items from Gas Station Convenience Store and Flee

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Three males grabbed various items from the convenience store at the gas station at 1358 Post Road early in the evening of Christmas Eve, then grabbed the items and fled in a GMC sport utility vehicle, Darien police were told. The black GMC had earlier pulled up to the pumps to get gas when three males got out of it and entered the store at about 5:45 p.m., Friday, Dec. 24. The gas station, which has a wooden bear in front of it, sits between Shake Shack and The Gardener’s Center. The males tried to dicker down the price of some items in the store, but the clerk told them the prices weren’t negotiable.

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Three Thieves Stole Detergent from Supermarket, Then Left With the Tide

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Three thieves entered Stop and Shop supermarket in Goodwives Shopping Center early Saturday morning wearing hoods and facemasks, then loaded up shopping carts with large containers of laundry detergent and left without paying, police were told. The incident was reported to police at 7:33 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 6. The shopping carts were loaded with containers of Tide and Tide Pods, and the estimated total value of them was somewhere between $200 and $350. The thieves left the shopping center at 25 Old Kings Hwy.

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In Three Days, Police Charge 34-Year-Old Darien Man on Three Occasions

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According to Darien police, a 34-year-old Darien man left Stop and Shop twice with six packs of beer he hadn’t paid for, and on a third occasion he was found rummaging through employee lockers at a restaurant he had been forbidden to enter. Police gave these accounts of the separate incidents, including accusations not proven in court:

In the first incident, on Thursday, May 13, Stop & Shop employees told Darien police at 2:52 p.m., that a male had left the supermarket in the Goodwives Shopping Center carrying out a six pack of beer he hadn’t paid for. On Brookside Drive, Police found a male who matched the description of the person, and he had the six-pack. He was identified as Gregory Oakford of Mansfield Ave. He was charged with sixth-degree larceny and second-degree criminal trespass.