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DNA Helps Nab 20-Year-Old In Darien Car Theft Years Later, Police Say

A 20-year-old Waterbury man has been arrested more than two years after allegedly stealing a car in Fairfield County.

Rahquel Cranford

Rahquel Cranford

Photo Credit: Darien Police Department

Rahquel Cranford was apprehended Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Stamford Superior Court on an arrest warrant stemming from a car theft in Darien in September 2021, according to Darien Police.

Officers were called on Sept. 9, 2021 for a stolen vehicle in Darien on Long Neck Point Road. The car was found later that day in Waterbury.

As detectives were examining the vehicle for evidence, they got a DNA hit that was later confirmed as a match for Cranford, police said.

A judge issued an arrest warrant in September 2023 with a court bond of $75,000.

In court Wednesday, Cranford was arraigned on one count of first-degree larceny of a motor vehicle.

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