New Canaan police arrested one man on felony larceny charges in connection with a home burglary from last month and are investigating several newer ones.
At about 1 p.m. on June 13, a 53-year-old North Wilton Road woman told police that more than $10,000 in jewelry had gone missing from her jewelry box.
She hadn’t looked in the box since March 10, according to Sgt. Carol Ogrinc of the New Canaan Police Department.
Since then, numerous workers had been inside the home—as many as 20, according to a police report. Here’s a breakdown of what was stolen:
- Gold charm bracelet ($2,500)
- Pearl earrings ($1,300)
- Pearl and gold earrings set ($630)
- Diamond ring ($1,640)
- David Yurman earrings ($850)
- Diamond wedding band ($5,425)
- Pearl earrings ($250)
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A Bittersweet Lane resident at 5:31 p.m. on June 12 reported that the door leading between her garage and house was opened and that about 60 to 70 pieces of jewelry valued at a total of $4,000 were missing.
The items were mostly bracelets, earrings and bangles, Ogrinc said.
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A 71-year-old Old Kings Highway man at about 8:30 a.m. on June 9 reported that a post office delivery that included $65 in vehicle engine parts went missing from outside his residence. It had been delivered at about 5:16 p.m. on June 5, according to a police report.
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A 56-year-old Llewllyn Drive man at 7:54 p.m. on June 10 told police that a window pane at the rear of his house had been broken into and that the home had been ransacked.
He had been at his home at 1:45 p.m. the prior day, police said.
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Police brought a felony larceny charge against a 50-year-old Newtown man in connection with the theft last month of a 2.15-karat diamond from a ring valued at $40,000.
Some time between 8 and 8:40 a.m. on May 4, the ring went missing from the bathroom in a Weed Street home. The arrested man, a carpet installer working inside the house at the time, was arrested by warrant after police interviewed him, Ogrinc said.
The 40-year-old woman who notified police of the theft had thought it odd that the carpet installer made two trips to his van during the brief professional visit, Ogrinc said. The diamond had been removed from its ring, forced open with what appeared to be prongs, according to a police report.
The arrested man had turned himself in at 2 p.m. on June 10, was released on $75,000 bond and scheduled to appear June 19 in state Superior Court in Norwalk.