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Identity Theft from Credit Cards Stolen Out of a Gym Locker — That the Victim Said Was Locked

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A man told Darien police that he believed several of his credit cards were stolen from his wallet while it was locked in a locker at the Equinox gym at 72 Heights Road. Here’s what police said they were told:

The man locked his belongings in the locker of the gym at about 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22. After working out, he returned to his locker, unlocked it and left with his belongings. Not long afterward, he received a fraud alert from one of the issuers of his credit cards.

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Unlocked in Darien: Wallet Stolen From YMCA Locker Is One of a Long String, Police Chief Says

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A wallet stolen from the men’s locker room at the Darien YMCA on Jan. 8 had $200 in it that the victim is unlikely to ever see again, and Police Chief Donald Anderson recently said it’s a crime that has been repeated for decades — and for the same reason. The locker was unlocked, like so many others in the past. “The incidents of unlocked lockers at the YMCA has been going on for my 36 years of employment here, and for 36 years things have been stolen out of unlocked lockers at the YMCA, Anderson said at a recent Police Commission meeting. “Clearly, police cannot monitor the YMCA locker rooms,” he said.