Public Safety
Thief Grabs Lottery Tickets & Runs from Darien Gas Station, Suspected in Other Towns
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A thief who said he’d buy lottery tickets worth $240 from the Exxon gas station at 1358 Post Road, then grabbed them and ran off, police said — and police believe he and an accomplice have done the same thing in Norwalk, Bethel, Trumbull and Ridgefield. Police think the same thief stopped at the Gulf gas station downtown to cash in other lottery tickets previously stolen. Video surveillance records in Darien and elsewhere have given police a good idea about what the thief and his car look like. So perhaps the lottery ticket thieves are, ah, pressing their luck. Here’s what happened in Darien, according to police reports:
At about 2:45 p.m., a white male, about six feet, 2 inches in height and wearing a white tank-top shirt walked into the gas station convenience store and asked to use the bathroom.