Cars Damaged In Railroad Parking Lot

Posted on July 5, 2023 | 7 Comments

Just after 9 a.m. today, a man began damaging vehicles in Lot #3 on the south side of the tracks at the Westport train station.

Shawn Sember, the full-time officer assigned to the station, took him into custody without incident.

Six cars were vandalized, ranging from windshield wipers to mirrors. The suspect appeared to damage vehicles at random, and did not intend to steal them.

Police ask commuters to inspect their cars today. Call 203-341-6000 if there is new damage. (Hat tip: Bruce Schneider)

Vehicles were damaged in the south lot (top) of the Westport train station. (Drone photo/Brandon Malin)

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7 responses to “Cars Damaged In Railroad Parking Lot”

  1. Sal liccione | July 5, 2023 at 1:58 pm |

    Thanks Shawn and all of the other officers that showed up from sal liccione

  2. Dave Eason | July 5, 2023 at 2:28 pm |

    Who’s the perp?

    • Rob McLaughlin | July 5, 2023 at 3:28 pm |

      Hey Colombo, I heard it was Colonel Mustard wielding a candelabra.

  3. Bill Dedman | July 5, 2023 at 3:20 pm |

    Dave, we don’t know yet who the perp is. And we still won’t know when the accused’s name is published. We will know only who has been accused. The justice system will sort out who did it.

    The presumption of innocence is one of the American values we celebrated this week, but is often forgotten. Police press releases and some media reports will say, the suspect did this or that. See how it’s phrased above, as though the person who damaged cars and the person who was arrested must be the same person. But we mean the vandal did the crime. Whether the suspect and the vandal are the same person, will be determined through the justice system.

    Semantics? Nope, the expression of an American value.

    • Dave Eason | July 5, 2023 at 4:01 pm |

      Bill, you are correct of course. Mea culpa. Not sure where I could have heard the term “perp/perpetrator”..lol…So..who’s the suspect?

  4. Mary Hendrix | July 7, 2023 at 1:26 pm |

    I was driving down Ferry Lane towards 136 when this man was walking up the street towards me. He gestured repeatedly to me to get away. Eventually I backed up and drove through the parking lot to get to 136. The parking control officers were scrambling to locate him as I passed them. Above and beyond what they expected to do that day, I’m sure!

  5. David J. Loffredo | July 7, 2023 at 2:18 pm |

    Back in “the day” people had something they’d consider their “train car”.

    Now it’s Porsches, BMW’s, Mercedes, Teslas, and the occasional Bentley.

    Good luck, those are massive, mostly unprotected lots.