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Police: Resident Reports Check Put in Mailbox Was Altered for a Different Amount to a Different Payee

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A Lillian Terrace resident told police he mailed a check using his mailbox in February but recently noticed that the check had been altered before it was cashed. The victim said the check, mailed on Feb. 23, was cashed for a different amount and that the name of the payee had been changed. He reported the matter to police on Tuesday, April 28. Lillian Terrace is a very short street off of Maple Street in Noroton.

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Darien Police Night 03-01-17

Police: Officers Stop Car After 2:51 AM, Four People Inside — and 100+ Pieces of Mail from 23 Darien Mailboxes

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After a 2:51 a.m. call to police on Tuesday from Casement Street, officers stopped a car that had been traveling nearby and found four people in it along with 100-plus pieces of mail — including incoming and outgoing checks — with the addresses of 23 homes in Darien, police said. Police said they aren’t making any arrests now, and would not identify the individuals in the car in any way. Police said that after identifying the individuals in the car, officers later notified the United States Postal Inspector Service, which may prosecute them under federal mail theft statutes. Darien police gave this additional account of what happened, including accusations not proven in court:

The Casement Street resident who called police told them that he saw two individuals on his property. The car police saw soon afterward was a black sedan going east on the Post Road.

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Informed Delivery USPS

Thefts from Two Mailboxes in Different Parts of Town Last Monday and Tuesday

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Two cases of theft from a mailbox, one occurring Monday, April 13 and the other the next day, were reported to police by two town residents, one on Birch Road and another on Half Mile Road. The two roads are nowhere near each other. Birch is off the Post Road on the eastern side of town. Half Mile Road is near the New Canaan border. Police gave these accounts about each incident:

The Birch Road resident, whose home is not far from the Post Road, told police on Tuesday that he saw a letter carrier drive up to his mailbox on Monday and put mail into it.