A Colony Road resident was drinking coffee this morning.
Glancing outside, he saw a young man — late teens or early 20s — walking down the street, hauling a dumpster.
He stopped at a house across the street, with an Israel flag on the lawn. He seemed to check to see if anyone was looking, then stuffed the flag in his dumpster and continued walking.
The resident got in his car, and took a picture:
Worried what would happen if he confronted someone who would do such a thing, he returned home and called the police.
When he went back out a few minutes later, the young man “seemed to have disappeared,” the resident said. “Maybe he was picked up by someone.”
A detective quickly arrived.
The neighbor had already replaced her Israel flag. But as the officer and the resident who called were at his front door discussing the incident, a white car with New York plates pulled up across the street.
Someone different from the first incident jumped out, grabbed the new sign, and zoomed away. He did not see the police car — but the detective saw it all.
He tried to pursue them, but was too late.
“I’m pretty sure what I saw the first time,” the Colony Road resident.
“I was hoping though, there might be a reasonable explanation. But I know what I saw the second time. Those signs were definitely stolen.”
He’s right.
That resident’s 2 flags were not the only ones taken. A resident told “06880” that other Israel flags — perhaps a dozen, up and down Colony Road, Salem Road and Terhune Drive — have also disappeared.
Anyone with any information should call the Westport Police: 203-341-6000.