Utility Scammers Targeting Darien Elderly

Darien Police are looking into multiple incidents where a suspect pretended to be a utility worker in an attempt to gain access to an elderly person’s home.

The most recent incident occured Monday afternoon on Fitch Avenue, police said. An elderly man let a man into his home who claimed to be a water company worker. The man said the resident’s water was poisonous and needed to be checked.

It only appears that some loose change may have been taken during the incident. The elderly victim was suspicious of the man the entire time. The potential thief left in a white SUV.

On Nov. 16 two suspects pretended to be Eversource employees to gain access to a Locus Hill Road residence. The two suspects were described as 40-year-old white males. They had on orange reflective vests and one produced a lanyard ID badge.

The elderly female resident was home when the two suspects came to the side door of the residence and said they were responding to a call for service. The woman said she had made no such call.

One of the crooks said that someone named Eric make a service call for the house. The woman said no one named Eric lived at the house. The two then left the residence in a vehicle.

Eversource confirmed there were no service calls in the area.