Darien Police Night 03-01-17

Used Cooking Oil Stolen Overnight from Behind Downtown Restaurant

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At 5 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 8, police were told by a restaurant employee that someone with a white van was siphoning out used cooking oil from a container behind the Sugar Bowl restaurant at 1033 Post Road. Police got the call from the employee, who had just arrived at the restaurant. The employee said he saw the white van backed into an alley behind the building, and when he approached the man who was doing the siphoning, the man said he had “been contracted” to take the oil. The employee knew this wasn’t true and called police.

Darien Police Night 03-01-17

Used Cooking Oil Again Stolen from Noroton Heights Restaurant

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For the second time this year, used cooking oil has been stolen from Jimmy’s Southside Restaurant at 340 Heights Road, this time with the value of the oil estimated at $600. An employee of a company that buys and recycles the used oil from the restaurant, along with others in the area, reported the theft to police at 3:41 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The lock to the container in back of the restaurant was cut and the used grease was removed. The employee said other clients of his company were also seeing thefts of used oil.

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Used Cooking Oil Reported Stolen from Noroton Heights Restaurant

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About 100 gallons of used cooking oil was reported stolen from a container outside Jimmy’s Southside Restaurant at 340 Heights Road. The theft of the grease (also known as “yellow grease”) was reported at 10:38 a.m., Friday, Feb. 24, after an employee of a service that buys the grease, or used cooking oil, from restaurants for recycling. The 100 gallons was valued at $100. The company picks up the oil once every two weeks from an outdoor container that’s supposed to be secure.