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Landscaper’s Leaf Blower Stolen on Salt Box Lane

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When a landscaper and his crew were working in the back yard of a Salt Box Lane home on Wednesday, Oct. 5, someone stole a backpack leaf blower in the front yard, police were told. The leaf blower was sitting on a stone wall by the driveway entrance to the property and was stolen sometime between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., police were told. The landscaper and his crew said they didn’t see or hear anything that might have been connected to the theft, and neighbors asked if they’d seen anything suspicious said they hadn’t. The leaf blower is a Red Max brand, model 7001, valued at $350.

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Rolex Valued at $5,400 Stolen from Dentist’s Office

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A dentist, who last remembered seeing his Rolex watch when he took it off just before doing a surgical procedure April 7, told police on April 18 that it appeared to have been stolen. The dentist, with offices on the Post Road, told police that he noticed it missing on April 11. Cleaning people come to the office twice a week, and contractors have been in and out of the building, he said. The man’s stainless steel watch, an Oyster Perpetual Datejust, with a white face, isn’t the only item missing from the same building at 800 Post Road. A package valued at $12, and then a second one valued at $200 were missing from the lower vestibule area, police were told.

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Threefer: Police Reports Describe Combination of Incidents Leading to Man’s Arrest

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It was one thing after another for police and workers at different gas station convenience stores in town last week as they reacted to various actions of a 43-year-old man, according to police reports. The Bridgeport man, according to the reports:

(b) argued with a clerk at one gas station convenience store when he couldn’t pay for a drink, and then started panhandling outside of it [Incident No. 1];

(a) stole (apparently just coins) from an SUV parked at the Noroton Heights Train Station [Incident No. 2];

(c) ran off with a pack of cigarettes from another gas station convenience store [Incident No. 3].

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Unusual Theft at Business Office: Data Service from Hotspot Device

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Pens, pads and paperclips have long been stolen from offices — even PCs, printers and Post-it notes — but a company with offices in Thorndal Circle reported the perpetration of a more unusual crime on March 30:

The theft of data service from a Verizon mobile wireless Jetpack hotspot — a device that allows wireless Internet connections. And it wasn’t just a little theft, either — it cost the company $1,200 for charges made in the month of March. That works out to almost $40 a day. When someone at the business contacted Verizon to ask about the charge that showed up on the vendor’s bill, Verizon said the hotspot had been hacked into and should not even have been in service. The device was available for activation in the event of an emergency.