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Police Chief: Jeep Stolen from Driveway on Richmond Hill Road

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Police say a Jeep was stolen last week from a driveway on Richmond Hill Road while other vehicles in the area appeared to have been illegally entered and rummaged through. The 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee had been locked with its key fob inside the home, according to a press release issued by New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski. It last was seen parked at the residence at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday and reported stolen the following day, the chief said. An unlocked vehicle on Marshall Ridge Road also was entered, and a set of Apple AirPods and a phone charger were reported stolen from it, according to Krolikowski. Other vehicles on Richmond Hill Road, and on Southwood Drive, also appear to have been entered and rummaged through, he said.

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Police: Jewelry, Handbags Stolen from Hemlock Hill Road Home

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Police say jewelry and handbags were reported stolen Sunday from a New Canaan home—the fifth residential burglary in town in the past six weeks. Homeowners discovered the illegal entry and theft from a Hemlock Hill Road house upon returning there on Nov. 14, though the burglary itself is believed to have occurred on Friday, according to a press release from Police Chief Leon Krolikowski. 

As in other recent burglaries, a rear patio glass door had been broken to enter the home, Krolikowski said. An alarm at the residence had not been activated by the homeowner, he said in the release. 

“Darien is experiencing similar burglaries,” the chief said. “These burglaries are under active investigation.

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Police Chief Warns of New Text-Messaging Scam

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The chief of the New Canaan Police Department is warning residents about a text-messaging scam that’s targeting local people. On Thursday, New Canaan residents reported receiving unsolicited text messages from the phone number 203-571-3124, according to a press release issued by Chief Leon Krolikowski. “The scammer demanded payment or the residents’ family members would be harmed,” Krolikowski said in the release “These messages are scams and are a part of a national trend.”

Through the first nine months of 2021, police have received 26 total reports of fraud, according to statistics released at the most recent Police Commission meeting. Krolikowski issued these tips for residents:

Never give personal information to unknown persons over the telephone or electronically. Be suspicious of unsolicited telephone calls, voice messages, text messages, and e-mails.

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Police: Burglars Hit Middle Ridge Road Home Friday

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Police on Friday night investigated yet another residential burglary in New Canaan, the fourth in October. 

At about 6:53 p.m. on Oct. 29, officers responded to an alarm activated at an unoccupied home on Middle Ridge Road, according to New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski. In a method that is similar to three similar burglaries in New Canaan on Oct. 1 and 8, a rear patio glass door was broken to enter the home, triggering the home alarm, Krolikowski said in a press release. An initial report shows that nothing of value was stolen, he said.

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Police: Four Vehicles Illegally Entered Sunday

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New Canaan Police on Sunday morning received four complaints of vehicles illegally entered while parked in residential driveways, including three located near each other in the northeastern part of town. At about 4:37 a.m., officers investigated a complaint of a locked car forcibly entered on Ramhorne Road, according to a press release issued by Police Chief Leon Krolikowski. A rock was used to break a window and $25 cash was stolen from the vehicle’s center console, he said. About five hours later, at 9:42 a.m., and then at 11:34 a.m., residents of nearby West Hills Road reported to police that unlocked vehicles parked in their driveways had been entered, though nothing was stolen, Krolikowski said. Finally, at about 9:54 a.m., officers investigated report that an unlocked car parked in a driveway on West Cross Road, just below the Merritt Parkway in southwestern New Canaan, had been illegally entered, the chief said.