Crime & Safety
ICYMI: Police: 'Darien Youth Sports League' Doesn't Exist, Ad-Selling for Its Journal is Suspicious
ICYMI (in case you missed it): It doesn't exist here, police say; they've asked the state Consumer Protection Department to look into it
Editor’s note: This article originally was published Thursday on Darien Patch. We’re republishing it here in case you missed it:
Darien police want local businesses to be aware that a group called the “Darien Youth Sports League” doesn’t exist in this town, and police are asking state consumer protection officials to look into a marketing company soliciting advertising to support the group.
After a phone call from a company called Youth Sports Publications, businesses get a follow-up letter claiming to support the ”Darien Youth Sports League,” according to a news release Thursday issued by Darien Police. The letter says the money will go toward an advertisement for the business in the “Darien Youth Sports League Journal.”
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Darien police have asked the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection to investigate the company.
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