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Flurry of Car Thefts Hits Greenwich This Past Weekend

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GPD Det. Anthony Fiscella looks over one of the recovered stolen vehicles from this past weekend (Photo courtesy of Greenwich Police Department).

By Richard Kaufman
Sentinel Reporter

After a string of car thefts in Greenwich over the past weekend that resulted in two car chases and the apprehension of several juvenile suspects, the Greenwich Police Department is urging the public to take preventative steps to guard against future auto theft.

GPD reported that from Saturday night through early Sunday morning, eight cars were stolen from Greenwich altogether and seven of them have been recovered. Additionally, the department recovered two stolen vehicles in the area that originated from Hartford.

The department received a call around 3:30 a.m., on Sunday from a resident near North St. who reported that he thought his car had been stolen. An officer on patrol nearby responded and immediately spotted the vehicle in question and attempted a roadside stop. The car led police on a chase heading northbound on North St. towards the Merritt Parkway before ultimately crashing off-road across from the reservoir near the fire station. The suspect fled on foot and was not apprehended.

At the same time the crash occurred, police responded to another car chase on North St. that stretched across the border into Armonk, N.Y. and out of Greenwich’s jurisdiction. The car crashed and rolled over, and was rendered un-drivable after the tires deflated. According to GPD, three juveniles were arrested after the crash. Both cars had been driving in tandem before separating; all suspects involved between the two chases are aged 14-17 and from Hartford.

“We don’t want to bring a criminal element into town,” said GPD Police Chief James Heavey, who noted that each stolen car was unlocked with the keys inside. “We need people to stop thinking, ‘It won’t happen to me,’ because there were eight people last Saturday night that went to bed with the keys in the car and their car unlocked, who when they got up in the morning didn’t have a car.”

Heavey said that habits need to be changed in order to stop criminals from targeting Greenwich. “Lock your car every place, every time, everywhere,” Heavey added.  “If it’s your driveway, if it’s Greenwich Ave. Everywhere.”

For more on this story, check out this week’s print edition of the Greenwich Sentinel on Friday, July 21.

 

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