Month: December 2013

Mayor Finch Declares Snow Emergency for 12:01 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2

Mayor Finch Declares Snow Emergency for 12:01 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2 Alternate side of the street parking rules in effect BRIDGEPORT, CT (December 31, 2013) – Due to the upcoming projected winter, Mayor Bill Finch has declared a snow emergency in the City beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, January 2.  During a snow emergency, residents must move their cars off posted Snow Emergency streets or be subject to fines and towing. Alternate-side-of-the-street parking rules are in effect for all other streets throughout the City in order to allow snow plow drivers’ clear passage. To comply with the Snow Emergency Alternate-Side-of-the-Street Parking Rules, residents must move their cars to the ‘even-numbered’ side of the street by 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 2, and remain on the…

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Mother Leaves Children at Home to Go to Club

#Bridgeport, CT – Dec. 30, 2013 – A City woman faces child endangerment charges after she left her three children at home alone to go to a club. Officers Juan Esquilin and Mathew Szymczak on Sunday responded at 2:30 a.m. to a Boston Avenue address on a report of children being left unattended in the home. Police spent more about 30 minutes knocking on the front and then rear door. At that point, they heard the sound of people entering the apartment. They continued to knock and Mycheral Walker, 35, answered the door. Police entered the apartment to check on the welfare of the children and located two girls, ages 1 and 4, and a boy, 13. Walker, the mother, stated that she had gone…

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