Luxury SUV Stolen From In Front Of Darien Home, Cops Say

DARIEN, CT — A 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLS450 was reported stolen from the front of a home on Country Club Road in Darien on May 17 and was recovered on the Merritt Parkway a couple of days later because it had run out of gas, according to Darien police.

The owner of the vehicle said he had parked the SUV about 8 p.m. on the 16th, and "stated he believes he left a set of keys in the vehicle overnight."

When he looked outside the next morning the vehicle was gone, and he called the police.

"It was determined that the vehicle had been recovered overnight by the State Police on the Merritt Parkway Southbound near exit 28," wrote Darien police in a statement. "The vehicle had run out of gas."