$600 DOT Traffic Counter Stolen From Wilton Road

WILTON, Conn., -- In a theft that has police scratching their heads, a $600 Department of Transportation vehicle counter was stolen late last month in Wilton.

A traffic counter similar to this one on Danbury Road in Wilton on Tuesday was reported stolen last week from the Westport Road and Poplar Plain Road in Wilton. The traffic box counter is worth about $600.
Photo Credit: *Frank MacEachern*

Frank MacEachern

12/03/2014 5:00 a.m.

The Diamond Traffic Products Unicorn Limited Traffic Classifier was attached by a chain and lock to a telephone pole in the area of Westport Road and Poplar Plain Road on Nov. 24 by a DOT employee.

When the employee returned the next day to retrieve it, he discovered that someone had cut the padlock and stolen the box.

"It's the first time I ever heard of one of those being stolen," Wilton police Lt. Donald Wakeman said. "Other than simple criminal mischief I don't know what the purpose would be to steal that."

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