Police Investigations: Drinking in Storage Shed; ATM Skimming; $800 Stolen

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A New Canaan Youth Football storage shed near the Turf Field at the high school was broken into and it appears that whoever broke in was drinking alcohol inside, police said.

A report came in at 3:04 p.m. on March 2 by a woman affiliated with the nonprofit youth sports organization, according to a police report.

She told police that the shed, used to store equipment, underwent about $200 in damage (hinges, interior and exterior) though none of the gear inside appears to be missing.

The last known time it had been checked was Dec. 6, police said.

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Police are investigating a report that $512 went unaccounted for at an ATM machine downtown during the six-month period ending Jan. 15.

The manager of a gas station in town told police at about 12:46 p.m. on March 3 that the White Plains, N.Y.-based company operating the ATM machine there appears to have been skimming, according to a police report.

The manager, a 33-year-old woman, told police that she flagged the missing money while cross-checking her own reports from the ATM against the vendor’s statements.

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Police are investigating a 76-year-old woman’s report that an envelope with $800 in cash went missing from a Lost District Drive home owned by a relative of hers.

According to the complaint, lodged at 12:30 p.m. on March 4, the Maryland woman visiting here in town had been keeping the envelope in a bedroom.

The larceny occurred some time in early February, according to a police report.

Only cleaning staff members were known to be in the home at the time the money went missing, police said.

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