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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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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.

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Darien Police Department

Checks Stolen From Dubois Street Male or Female

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When Dubois Street man or woman (the police announcement didn’t say which) checked his or her bank account, he or she noticed two checks had been written out to two people he or she didn’t know. He or she then checked his or her checkbook and found three checks had been removed from it. He or she blocked any payments on the third check. When he or she contacted Darien police at 6:31 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 4, he or she told them he or she was unsure who might have stolen the checks, but he or she gave police a listing of people who recently had been in his or her home.

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Heartbreaker: Thief Steals Mail — Get’s Holiday Greetings

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A Hickory Lane woman saw a gray four-door vehicle stop in front of her driveway, then saw a man get out and remove something from her mailbox and drive away in one of two mailbox thefts reported to police on Friday. The flag had been in the upright position because the woman had just mailed three envelopes with the mailbox and put the mailbox flag upright. The cold-hearted thief didn’t get anything he can sell: The contents of the envelopes were three Valentine’s cards and nothing else. The woman reported the theft to police just after 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7 — still enough time to get three more cards out.