Crime & Safety
Thief Ignores GPS, Goes for Cash in the Mercedes
A total of $350 in cash left in an envelope in a car was taken overnight last weekend, with no signs of forced entry into the vehicle, although the owner said she locked the car overnight.
A total of $350 in cash kept in a thank-you card was found stolen Sunday morning from a 2005 Mercedes parked outside a Linden Avenue home.
Darien police were told that the owner parked her car at the house at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. At 9 a.m. Sunday, she found the driver's side door was slightly open and the envelope with the money in it was missing.
She was also missing an animal-print wallet (which was empty), valued at $50.
There were no signs of forced entry into the car, but the victim said the car had been locked. A GPS device was left behind.
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