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Purse With Money in It Stolen While Movers Were in a House

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A small purse with $200 in cash in it was stolen from a bedroom closet in a home on Harriet Lane on Friday, Sept. 13 while movers were in the house, Darien police were told the next day. Although movers were in the house from about 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., no one from the moving company had any reason to open the closet or touch the purse, the complainant told police. The purse was known to be missing by 5 p.m.

Also in the purse were personal identification papers, Social Security cards and passports. Some foreign currency that was in the purse was found on the closet floor.

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Police: Two Checks Stolen from Elderly Darien Resident, $5,200 Taken

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Two checks were reported stolen from an elderly Darien woman who had home aides in the house, and one of them was cashed early this month for $5,200, Darien police said. Police gave this further information:

The woman’s financial advisor recently notified her about the check for $5,200 because it seemed suspicious. The check was cashed on April 9 at a bank in New Jersey. The woman said she hadn’t written a check from that account to anyone. She looked in her checkbook and found that the two checks had been removed from it.

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Police: Man, 40, Arrested for Stealing SUV on Sedgwick Ave, Burglarizing Home on Overbrook Lane

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A 40-year-old Bronx man accused of stealing an unlocked SUV from a driveway on Sedgwick Avenue and entering a home on Overbrook Lane the same night two months ago has been arrested, Darien police said. The initial report from a woman who saw the burglar dashing out of her house was that it was a female, but the man who was arrested on Tuesday and who was taken to court Wednesday morning told police he had committed the crimes alone. Police gave this account of what happened, including accusations not proven in court:

“Through investigative means,” police said in their announcement on Wednesday, they found evidence against Casey J. Gagnon of Bryant Avenue in the Bronx. Police were granted an arrest warrant by a judge, and New York City police took Gagnon into custody. On Tuesday, Darien police detectives took custody of Gagnon in New York County Court in Manhattan after he waived extradition.

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Female Burglar Enters Unlocked Vehicles, Then Unlocked House, Startles Resident

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A women startled by a noise at 4:50 a.m. in her home at 3 Overbrook Lane thought she must have had an unexpected visit from a family member. She left her bedroom and called out. Then she saw an unknown female leave a second-floor bedroom and run down the stairs. By that point, much of the house had already been ransacked and several items were stolen. It turned out this was the third incident involving thefts from homes or vehicles that night in Darien.