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Man, 28, Charged with Stealing Cartons of Cigarettes, Heroin Possession

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A 28-year-old man arrested after a traffic stop in which police found stolen cartons of cigarettes from Walgreen’s and heroin in the car is also wanted by law enforcement officials in Florida, Darien police said. Darien police described the matter with this account (including accusations not proven in court:

At some time on Monday, Nov. 16, Steven Wakefield went into Walgreens pharmacy at 138 Heights Rd. and told a cashier he wanted to buy two cartons of cigarettes — Marlboro Red and Newport Menthol. After the cashier put them in a bag and was ringing them up, Wakefield grabbed them and ran out of the store.

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Wallet Reported Stolen from Goodwives River Rd Home

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A woman told police that a wallet was taken from her purse sometime in the final days of July while she was at a home on Goodwives River Road. Then charges totaling $289.63  were made to her debit card, the woman told police. The wallet contained her driver’s license, the debit card, gift cards and her checkbook. She last opened her wallet to write a check on Wednesday, July 29 at 4 p.m. She reported the wallet stolen at 8 a.m. on Friday, July 31.

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Boat Bought Online Lost in Transit: Darien Woman Out $10K

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A 22-year-old Darien woman who bought a boat online from a seller in Wisconsin spent $10,000 — but the boat never came, police were told. The 18-foot boat, built by Bayliner, was bought from Rawhide Inc. on May 11 via eBay and shipped from Wisconsin with its trailer. Through Uship.com, the buyer paid J&S Enterprises $500 to transport the purchase. That company confirmed to police that it was paid to get the boat and trailer to Darien. But an Alabama-based company, E&S Moving Systems LLC of Mobile,  was hired as a subcontractor for the job, and police hadn’t been able to get in touch with that business by the time of the police report early this week.