Fairfield Cops Investigating a Series of Car Break-Ins

A Park Avenue resident reported to police on Monday that items had been taken from her unlocked car sometime over the weekend, police said.

The vehicle was parked in the driveway, according to the report. An iPod and GPS were taken, department spokesperson Sgt. Sue Lussier said.

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A Wheeler Park Avenue resident reported to police early Tuesday that he awoke to find the driver’s side front window of his car smashed, police said. Nothing appeared to be taken.

The car was locked, and there was a trail of footprints in the slush that lead to the intersection of Wheeler Park Ave and Lounsbury Road, Lussier said.

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A few streets away, a Harvester Road resident reported to police early Tuesday that someone may have attempted to enter his vehicle overnight, police said.

There were prints in the snow surrounding his car, Lussier said. The trail led to a neighbor’s driveway and all around the neighborhood, according to the report. None of the cars appeared to be entered.

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A Lloyd Place resident reported early Tuesday that his unlocked Honda CR-V, which was parked in the driveway and unlocked, had been broken into, police said.

The glove box was opened and loose change had been taken, according to the report. Police found footprints in the snow circling the car, and then they lead east on Lloyd Place.

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Another Wheeler Park Avenue resident reported early Tuesday that the front window on the driver’s side of his Hyundai Elantra had been smashed, police said. The car was parked in the street in front of the house.

Nothing was reported missing, but the damage to the window was estimated at $400, Lussier said. A purse was moved from the floor of the passenger’s seat to the driver’s seat, according to the report.

Footprints in the snow were found surrounding the vehicle. Police tracked the trail of prints to Adley Road and then lost them.

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A third Wheeler Park Avenue resident reported to police early Tuesday that his Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was unlocked, had been broken into, police said. The resident reported $120 missing from the center console, according to the report.

The vehicle was parked in the driveway, surrounding by footprints in the snow. The footprints went west on Wheeler Park Ave, Lussier said.

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A Fairfield Woods Road resident reported that a window on his car appeared to have been shot with a BB or pellet gun, police said.

The vehicle was parked in the driveway; it did not appear that anything had been taken, Lussier said. The damage to the window was estimated at $800.

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An Adley Road resident reported the left rear window of his car had been smashed, but the car door was still locked, police said.

The damage was estimated at $300. Police do not believe the two acts of vandalism are related to the string of aforementioned break-ins and attempted break-ins, Lussier said.