Fairfield Police Probe Series of Thefts from Businesses, Cars

Fairfield police are investigating a series of burglaries and thefts reported over the past weekend:

Early Saturday, police were dispatched to a burglar alarm at Ponte Vecchio Trattoria on the Brick Walk Promenade. Responding officers found that front window of the restaurant had been smashed out and approximately $100 was stolen from the register.

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Home Depot reported on Friday several thefts and attempted larcenies -- all seemed to have been committed by the same suspect. Police are looking for a white male in his 50s with a gray beard and a tattoo on his neck, according to the report. He was wearing jeans and a blue and white jacket when he allegedly stole $106 worth of electrical wire on Friday.

Police believe the suspect also attempted to steal an additional $441 worth of items from the Fairfield Home Depot on Saturday and $182 worth of merchandise from the Home Depot in Stratford on Friday. He fled in a white Ford Expedition with New York plates.

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Fairfield police are also looking for another suspect responsible for the theft of a generator ($700) from Home Depot. The thief was described as a white male in his 30s wearing a brown hoodie or sweater.

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Two vehicles were entered over the weekend, according to the crime log. On Friday afternoon, an unlocked car parked at the Starbucks on Black Rock Turnpike was entered and a wallet was stolen from a pocketbook (which was left on the front seat). The wallet is valued at $200; Credit cards, the complainant's license, and $300 worth of cash were stolen.

A Round Hill Road resident reported Friday that his unlocked vehicle was also entered. A Brooks Brothers navy suit ($800), laptop ($800), and Calloway golf clubs ($1,300) were stolen.