Public Safety
Police: 2 Arrests in Scheme to Order Goods Thru ID Theft & Steal Deliveries
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Police arrested two men they say were driving around Darien and elsewhere, picking up goods shipped to residents after the residents’ identifying information and their Verizon account information had been stolen. Police say the men had at least one Social Security number of a Darien man, along with enough information to use his account with Verizon to order three phones priced at a total of about $2,400. They (or someone else) had the man’s Social Security number, according to police. Darien police gave this account (consisting of accusations not proven in court) of how they came to arrest the two men:
A Stanley Road resident received a Federal Express package at about 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30.