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Police: Borrowing a Car for a Quick Errand, Man Keeps it for Days

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A 52-year-old Darien man, seemingly grateful for finding a place to take a shower after his girlfriend kicked him out, agreed to drive his host’s SUV to pick up her daughter at school, according to police. The daughter returned, police said, but not the vehicle. Darien police gave this account (with accusations not proven in court, in part because there hasn’t been an arrest yet), based on what the car’s owner and her best friend told them:

The man is (or was, at the time) the boyfriend of the best friend of the victim. The victim had just moved to Darien and was cleaning her house when the man showed up on Thursday, saying he had slept in a parking lot overnight after his girlfriend had kicked him out of her place. The victim let him use the shower.

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Unusual Spate of Darien Thefts of Vehicles, All Unlocked

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Unlocked cars parked overnight in driveways or near homes have been taken several times in the past week, and in some cases apparently by the same thieves, according to Darien police. In some cases, the vehicles were found, often undamaged. _____________

See also: Vehicle Stolen Sept. 8 on Brookside Road

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Here’s a roundup of reports from Darien police, who haven’t arrested and charged anyone (investigations are continuing):

94 Old Kings Hwy. S. — sometime between 11 p.m., Sunday, Sept.

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Pickup, Guns Stolen from Driveway — Was It the ‘Felony Lane Gang’?

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Darien police are looking into whether the “Felony Lane Gang,” which they say were stealing from cars in town, were also responsible for the theft of a pickup truck, two guns and landscaping equipment inside it on Brookside Road. The theft occurred from a driveway at 246 Brookside Road, seven tenths of a mile from Cherry Lawn Park (see map), where police believe members of the large organized gang of thieves stole from cars in the parking lot. Police say the thieves were driving a white Ford Explorer SUV

It was a day later and a short distance away that someone briefly parked what a witness said was a “white van” next to the truck, and, a couple of minutes later, both vehicles were driven away. The owner of the pickup truck says the keys were left in it, as was equipment for his landscaping business and two guns — a 9mm Beretta, fully loaded, and a Ruger brand Airsoft air rifle. The Beretta was behind the driver’s seat in a bag.