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Phone Stolen at Dunkin Donuts, Tracked to Area of Dubois St

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A teenager whose phone was stolen at Dunkin Donuts last Friday was able to track it to “the area of” Dubois Street before the phone was turned off, according to police, who said they intended to check the store’s video record. The case, reported to police at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 13, shows two typical tools used when cell phones are reported stolen: the “Find My iPhone” feature now on many of Apple’s iPhones, and video surveillance records from store cameras. (Both tools also have their limits — video records don’t always capture a good image of a person; as in this case, when a phone is turned off, the finder feature stops workinCe.)

The 16-year-old Darien teenager told police that she was sitting at a table in the downtown Dunkin Donuts at 967 Post Road with a friend at 3:30 p.m. After a few minutes, they left, but she left the cell phone behind on the table. ____________

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Strange Report of Unusual Cell Phone Theft (Nov.

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Cell Phone Stolen from Volunteer at Church Tag Sale

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The theft of a cell phone June 14 from an 18-year-old Darien man volunteering at St. Luke’s Church tag sale shows the limits of the “Find My Phone” feature for these phones when they’re stolen. Darien police gave this account of what happened:

The volunteer thought the phone may have fallen out of his pocket at 2:50 p.m. when he was sitting on a couch at the event. He noticed the phone missing at 3:30 p.m.

He used the “Find My Phone” app, which indicated the device was then at Goodwill in Norwalk. He drove there, but by the time he got to the store, the phone’s location changed.