Their Goose Was Cooked: Coop Fire Kills Chickens

Darien Police Detective Mark Cappelli, acting as department spokesman, described the following incidents at a recent police briefing:

Roasted

A chicken coop at a Saddle Ridge Road residence was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived shortly after the fire was reported at 12:05 a.m. Thursday.

The Noroton Heights Fire Department responded to the call.

The cause of the fire is believed to have been a heat lamp which ignited wood shavings on the coop floor. Three chickens were killed in the incident.

Student backpack missing with $180 in cash

On Sunday, a Darien High School student told police his backpack was stolen Friday from the Weight Room at the school—along with $180 in cash he was keeping in it.

The student said he went to the weight room after school, at about 2:45 p.m., and put the backpack on the floor when he went outside to throw a baseball. When he returned at about 3:30 p.m., the bag was gone.

In addition to the money, the backpack contained a drivers license, student identification and library books. The victim estimated the value of the stolen property at $400.