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Accessory for a Pickup Truck Missing

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A Raymond Street man reported that the hard plastic “bed liner” for his 2004 Ford Ranger pickup truck was missing, and he believed it was stolen, Darien police said. The man reported the theft on Tuesday, Oct. 18. He contacted police at 11:10 a.m., telling them that he thought the large plastic truck accessory — which fits inside the bed of the pickup, along the floor and walls, and protects it from scratches, stains and dirt — had been stolen when the truck was parked at Darien Railroad Station the night before. Police reviewed surveillance camera records at the train station, which showed the bed liner in the truck both when it entered the parking lot at about 4 p.m., and when the man left at about midnight.

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Credit Cards Taken from Unlocked Car Parked at Woodway Country Club

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A Darien woman who parked her unlocked car in a lot near the Woodway Country Club swimming pool discovered later that her credit cards were missing, police said. The incident occurred Tuesday, Aug. 23. The woman, a 41-year-old resident of Walmsley Road, parked her car in the lot at 412 Hoyt St. at about 11:45 a.m. and returned to it at about 2 p.m. When she did, she noticed something odd.

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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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Noroton Residents Report Thefts from SUV, Mailbox

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Items delivered and put in or near a mailbox on Wilson Ridge Road were stolen early last week at about the same time that a resident of the Post Road, nearby, found items stolen from her vehicle. Darien police gave this description of the thefts reported to them:

On Wilson Ridge Road

A resident told police she believed that on Tuesday, Dec. 22, UPS delivered a gingerbread house in a small box and an envelope which were then stolen. The UPS delivery man usually leaves the items by or in the mailbox, she said, although she didn’t have UPS tracking information available when she made the report. A woman told the victim that an envelope with the Wilson Ridge home’s address was found on the ground on Hillside Avenue (and that’s when the victim realized items had been stolen).

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Police: After Suspicious ‘Shopper’ Leaves, Employee Finds He’s Been Robbed

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A radar detector valued at $400 was stolen from an employee’s unlocked car in a back parking lot of BMW of Darien, apparently on Sept. 19, Darien police said. Darien police gave this account of the matter, which is still under investigation:

The theft was discovered after a man came to the dealership initially saying he was interested in getting a second key programmed for his vehicle. He then spent a “significant amount of time” at the dealership, a police spokesman said, looking at new and used vehicles. He was also seen walking around the rear lot of the dealership at 140 Ledge Road.

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Wallet, Phone Stolen from Unlocked SUV Parked Overnight at Shopping Center

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A man told police that someone entered his SUV, which had broken locks, when it was parked overnight at a shopping center parking lot in town. The man parked the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the lot at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 9. He returned to the shopping center at 25 Old King’s Highway North at about 9 a.m. the next day. A wallet, including the debit and credit cards in it, was stolen. The wallet had been in the center console.

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Tools Stolen from Van Parked at Home on Little Brook Road

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A van parked at a home Little Brook Road overnight was broken into and tools worth hundreds of dollars were stolen from it, the owner told police. The victim left the 2004 GMC 2500 Series van parked outside the home at about 5 p.m. Friday, July 3. When the owner returned at about 4:30 p.m. the next day he noticed the a door handle on the vehicle’s passenger side had been damaged. Several tools had been taken, including a Makita hand blower valued at $200 and a Makita screw gun and impact driver set valued at $600. The cost to repair the van was not in the police report.

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Gifts Stolen from SUV Parked Overnight on Rose Lane

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A 58-year-old man told Darien police that gifts were stolen out of his SUV overnight July 9 to 10 while the vehicle was parked in the driveway of a house on Rose Lane. The man said he parked his 2015 Ford Explorer at 11 p.m. and returned to it the next morning at 9 a.m. when he noticed several packages were gone. The packages were wrapped gifts, incliuding clothing valued at $150 and sneakers with a value of $100. The SUV had been unlocked.