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One Apparently Unlocked Vehicle Stolen, Then Found; Other Unlocked Vehicles Entered

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One car was — briefly — missing and two other vehicles were entered in Darien on two different nights last weekend. As usual, all three vehicles apparently hadn’t been locked. Darien police provided these details on each incident:
Stolen: Libby Lane, Overnight Friday to Saturday
A 2012 Ford Fusion was stolen from the driveway of 16 Libby Lane sometime overnight, the owner discovered shortly before 8:32 a.m., Saturday, when he called police. The man said that when he parks the car at home, he typically leaves the keys hidden inside it but locks the car and uses a second key for access. He wasn’t sure if he had locked the car that night.

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Unlocked SUV Reported Stolen Overnight Friday to Saturday from Phillips Lane Driveway

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At 7:06 a.m.. on Saturday, the owner of a gray 2018 Honda Pilot told police that the SUV had been stolen from his driveway at 45 Phillips Lane, a road off of Hoyt Street. The man had parked the vehicle, with a pair of Ryban sunglasses valued at $200 in it, at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, July 14. The SUV also had two sets of its keys in it. At about 7 a.m. he saw the vehicle was missing.

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Four Vehicles Stolen, Others Entered Around Post Road in Noroton Overnight, Saturday to Sunday

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Four vehicles were stolen overnight, Saturday to Sunday, July 7 to 8, three of them in Noroton on or near the Post Road, and other vehicles had been found entered in the same area, police said. One of the vehicles was later driven by a teenager without a driver’s license and was chased by Greenwich police before the car smashed into and severed a utility pole, which also caused extensive damage to the car, Greenwich police said. The driver and another teenager, 16, were charged by police, who did not report that any injuries resulted. Darien police gave these accounts of what happened:
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7 Fitch Ave., Wild Ride Results in Crash
A Stamford woman who was house sitting left her keys in her gray 2004 Volvo XC70 when she parked in the driveway at about 9 p.m. on Saturday. At about 8:30 the next morning, she found her car was gone.

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SUV on Lynn Court, Car on Patton Drive Stolen Overnight Fri to Sat, Other Unlocked Vehicles Entered

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Ten unlocked vehicles were entered by thieves overnight Friday to Saturday in two areas of town, and two vehicles were stolen in each area: One area is south of St. John’s Cemetery; the other is on streets off of West Avenue near downtown Noroton Heights. The vehicles were all parked on side streets, not main roads leading to those streets, although some of the streets intersected only with main roads. In one case, police said, a victim’s surveillance camera, which monitored an entrance to the house near the doorbell, had captured some images:

It showed a light-colored sedan pass the house at 11 Lynn Ct. several times.

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Six Vehicles Entered Over Weekend in Darien, One Was Stolen, All Were Unlocked

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A blue 2015 Lexus RX was reported stolen from the driveway of a Laforge Road house overnight Friday to Saturday, the same night unlocked vehicles in front of three other homes were entered not far away. The night before, unlocked vehicles were entered in front of two other homes. Altogether, vehicles in front of six homes were reported entered. Locked vehicles, including some outside the same houses as the entered vehicles appeared to have been untouched. — All information in this article comes from Darien police.