Public Safety
Greenwich SUV Stolen, Driven to Darien & Set on Fire at Woodland Park
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Neighbors of Woodland Park called 911 at about 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28, to report a fire there, and when police and firefighters arrived, they found an SUV near the Middlesex Road entrance engulfed in flames in a fire that was beginning to spread to nearby brush. Darien police put out the fire in the leaves and brush surrounding the sport utility vehicle, and firefighters from the Noroton Heights Fire Department doused the flames that destroyed the SUV itself. Police gave this account of the incident and investigation:
A Greenwich man, 52, told police that his 2008 Subaru Forester, which had been locked, was stolen from his driveway, perhaps at about midnight on Wednesday, Aug. 24, when he reported it missing, although he couldn’t be sure when it was taken.