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Two House Burglaries: One at North End of Town and Another in Tokeneke

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Two more house burglaries were reported to Darien police in the past week, with one of them in Tokeneke, where three burglaries had been reported two weekends ago. Darien police said that unlike the three previous break-ins, they don’t have a suspect and they have no clear indication yet that the two more recent burglaries were perpetrated by the same burglar or burglars. _____________

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A Gun Among Items Stolen in Three Tokeneke House Burglaries on July 4th Weekend (July 12)

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One occurred the previous weekend on Tower Drive, a street off of Mansfield Avenue (that burglary happend sometime before 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, the weekend that the three Tokeneke burglaries occurred); the most recent break-in took place just this weekend on Old Farm Road in Tokeneke. For each investigation, police asked neighbors if they had noticed anything suspicious, but no one reported hearing or seeing anything unusual. Police gave these accounts of the break-ins:
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At 12:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 17, residents reported to police that they had just returned home from a weekend trip and found the house had been broken into.

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A Gun Among Items Stolen in Three Tokeneke House Burglaries on July 4th Weekend

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A small safe containing a gun was among the items stolen from one of three Tokeneke houses burglarized over Independence Day weekend, police said. “We do have a suspect we’re working on,” Darien Police Chief Duane Lovello said at the Wednesday afternoon meeting of the Police Commission, as previously reported by Darienite.com. “We think he may be hitting the area — throughout the lower Fairfield County area.”

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— See also: Three Homes Burglarized in Tokeneke Over Independence Day Weekend (July 8)

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All three burglaries appeared to have happened at night, he said. Darien police gave this account of the incidents, which all seem to have taken place sometime between July 1-5:

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The homeowner left at 6:30 p.m., Friday, July 1 and returned by 7:20 p.m., Tuesday, July 5 to find numerous items stolen from the master bedroom and the master bathroom. The homeowner first noticed drawers in a desk opened and some ransacking in the master bedroom.

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Three Homes Burglarized in Tokeneke Over Independence Day Weekend

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Three houses in the Tokeneke section of town were burglarized over the Independence Day weekend, Police Chief Duane Lovello recently told the Darien Police Commission. In only one case was entry into a home forced — a window was smashed, Lovello said. Nothing is known to have been taken in that burglary. “We do have a suspect we’re working on,” Lovello said at the Wednesday afternoon meeting of the Police Commission. “We think he may be hitting the area — throughout the lower Fairfield County area.”

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Two Teens Charged with Burglarizing House on Holmes Court

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Darien police have charged two teenagers with burglarizing a house on Holmes Court last April and stealing cash and electronic items from it. Here’s the Darien police announcement (police accusations are not proof of guilt):

The Darien Police Department investigated a residential burglary on Holmes Court on April 20, 2016.  It was determined that suspects entered the residence through an unlocked door and removed various electronics and cash. Due to the close proximity to the city border, detectives notified the Stamford Police Property Crime Unit to make them aware of the incident. The following day the Stamford detectives contacted Darien Police and advised that they had two burglary suspects in custody that matched the description of the Holmes Court burglary suspects. Darien Police Detectives then interviewed 18 year old Deandre Parsons of 7 Lewelyn St.

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House Burglarized, Silver Tea Set Taken, Computers & Jewelry Untouched

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When house on Blueberry Lane was entered sometime between 12:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6 and about noon on Monday, May 9, the burglar or burglars ignored computers and jewelry and instead took away a sterling silver tea set, police said. Darien police gave this account of the case:

The house, which belonged to a deceased person, had been the home of an elderly couple. The husband had died, and for some time the wife was cared for around the clock by home health aides until her death. A caretaker and an executor of the estate visited the house on Monday to find that every room seemed to have been entered, with drawers pulled out and closets open. A safe was left open in one bedroom.

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Unusual Burglary: Thief Takes Only a Coffee Can with $100 in Coins

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A resident of a home on Old Kings Highway North found that her house had been entered, furniture moved around and a can containing coins taken, but jewelry and electronics were ignored. The 38-year-old woman told police on Wednesday, Sept. 30 that she had returned to the house at 12:15 p.m (it was unclear when she had left) and noticed an interior garage door was open, although she was sure it had been closed when she left. Furniture in the kitchen seemed to have been moved to create a barrier to the living room — perhaps for the large dog that  was in the house when the woman was gone. Papers and pictures were strewn about on the floor of the master bedroom and the door to the closet was open, although she usually left it closed.