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Jewelry Taken in House Burglary on Hoyt St

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Thousands of dollars worth of jewelry was taken in an afternoon burglary after a back door was forced open at a house on Hoyt St., about a quarter mile north of the street’s intersection with Woodway Road, police said. A homeowner told police the burglary happened sometime between 2 and 7:15 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 30, when residents were gone. A back door leading into the kitchen was forced open, and when residents returned home, they saw items moved in the living room and a downstairs bedroom. The master bedroom upstairs was also ransacked.

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Police: Burglar Cuts Off Electricity, Breaks Door — But Elderly Resident Sees Him Run Off

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A burglar first smashed the electric meter on an outside wall of a home on Highfield Lane at about 5:30 p.m., Saturday and then forced his way through a door to get in — but an elderly resident inside saw him then run away from the house, police said. Police gave this further account:

The elderly resident, a 79-year-old woman, told police that power was suddenly cut to the house, and she heard a loud crash. When she went to see what was wrong, she saw through a front window a male running away. The only description of the male that she could give police was that he was wearing a light-colored top. She didn’t see a vehicle.

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House Burglarized on Valley Forge Road: Few Details Released

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A house on Valley Forge Road was burglarized over the weekend, Darien police Capt. Raymond Osborn said Monday at a meeting of the Police Commission. Police received a call about the burglary at about 4 a.m., Osborn told the commission. He didn’t mention which day police received the call. Valley Forge Road is off of Half Mile Road, near the Darien-New Canaan border. Police haven’t released additional details on the reported theft, which wasn’t mentioned at the police briefing earlier Monday afternoon.

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Burglar Alarm Brings Police to Hancock Lane Home

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Someone activated a burglar alarm when they entered a house where no one was home late last Friday night on Hancock Lane. Police arriving soon afterward found the master bedroom ransacked, but nothing appeared to have been taken. Police gave this account of the incident:

The burglar alarm sent a call to police at 10:35 p.m. Police arrived to find the front door unlocked. It appeared that entry was made through a window in the master bedroom. A family member of the elderly resident who lived there said someone was last at the house the day before (Thursday, May 19).

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Holmes Court House Burglarized, Police Have Two Suspects

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Investigating a burglary of a Holmes Court home that occurred Thursday afternoon, Darien police got a description of two males that fit a very similar description of a boy and a man arrested in Stamford. Police are still investigating the case and haven’t made any arrests, but they gave this account of the matter:

At about 2:30 p.m., residents returned to the house but didn’t immediately see that anything was missing until about 3 p.m., when they called police. There was no forced entry into the home. Missing: an Xbox One video game console, several video games, an iPad tablet computer, two Toshiba laptop computers and about $300 missing from a wallet in a nightstand drawer. Police found nothing else in the neighborhood seemed to be disturbed.