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Town-Owned Leaf Blower Stolen, But Town Couldn’t Find Its Serial Number

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A leaf blower with an estimated value of $600 was stolen while a town Parks & Recreation Department crew was outside near Town Hall, but the department wasn’t able to provide police with the serial number for it (although they did provide a detailed description). Serial numbers are typically used by police when they happen to come across stolen property and want to find the owner, and Darien municipal departments typically keep a record of them, according to police. (Many municipal governments even tag property like chairs and desks to give them “serial” numbers, either for anti-theft purposes or just to identify them if they show up in the wrong place. The information also can be used potentially to find out how long a particular piece of equipment lasted.)

Although the serial number wasn’t available for police, the department was able to provide a good description of the equipment:  The Red Maxx brand backpack-style leaf blower, Model 8500 has the department’s name stenciled in black letters on it. Darien police say the theft was reported to them on Nov.

Public Safety

Pickup, Guns Stolen from Driveway — Was It the ‘Felony Lane Gang’?

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Darien police are looking into whether the “Felony Lane Gang,” which they say were stealing from cars in town, were also responsible for the theft of a pickup truck, two guns and landscaping equipment inside it on Brookside Road. The theft occurred from a driveway at 246 Brookside Road, seven tenths of a mile from Cherry Lawn Park (see map), where police believe members of the large organized gang of thieves stole from cars in the parking lot. Police say the thieves were driving a white Ford Explorer SUV

It was a day later and a short distance away that someone briefly parked what a witness said was a “white van” next to the truck, and, a couple of minutes later, both vehicles were driven away. The owner of the pickup truck says the keys were left in it, as was equipment for his landscaping business and two guns — a 9mm Beretta, fully loaded, and a Ruger brand Airsoft air rifle. The Beretta was behind the driver’s seat in a bag.