One reason to be careful about exercising — well, at a fitness club, anyway — is that you might leave your jewelry in a cupholder of a cardio machine and, exhausted after your workout, forget about it and walk away.
That’s what a 25-year-0ld New Canaan woman told police she did at Equinox fitness club at 72 Heights Road on Tuesday, July 21. (We’re assuming the exhausted part — maybe she wasn’t.)
She was working out sometime between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. when she left her Cartier woman’s watch in the cupholder. The item is valued at $2,780.
She went home before realizing what she had done. She called the gym, and employees looked for the watch but told her they couldn’t find it. She reported the matter to Darien Police the next day.
Second report
A Fitch Avenue resident was about to go into the same fitness club in Darien at 6 p.m. the same day as the theft reported above. But at least she didn’t have expensive jewelry stolen from her at the gym.
No, that occurred when her vehicle was parked back at home.
The woman told police that she took off her $7,000 engagement ring, her $2,000 wedding band and a $1,000 gold ring and put them in the ash tray of her 2005 Audi Q5. She’s certain she locked the car before she then went into the gym.
She left the fitness club at 7 p.m. and went home, parking the car in her driveway. At 8 a.m., she realized her rings were not in her house with her and recalled where she’d left them.
When she got out to the car, the ash tray was open and a car sensor light indicated a passenger side door was not fully closed. She believes the vehicle probably wasn’t locked in her driveway. Nothing else was missing and there was no visible damage to the vehicle.
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