Stephen Krauchick

DoingItLocal is run by Steve Krauchick. Steve has always had interest with breaking news even as an early teen, opting to listen to the Watergate hearings instead of top 40 on the radio. His interest in news spread to become the communities breaking news leader in Connecticut’s Fairfield County. He strongly believes that the public has right to know what is happening in their backyard and that government needs to be transparent. Steve also likes promoting local businesses.

Bridgeport News: Prisoner Refuses Treatment

2021-02-21@11:06pm-- Sunday night, multiple officers on patrol along with EMS responded to 300 Congress Street for a prisoner who had cuts to his hands and feet. Police said the same prisoner refused to be handcuffed complaining of wrist pain, again he refused treatment. The person was eventually transferred to Golden Hil Court. Special thanks to viewer Andrew for providing the picture.

Read More

Bridgeport News: Man Shoots Self With Stolen Gun

#Bridgeport CT--On February 21, 2021 at approximately 1:15 pm Bridgeport Police Detectives responded to a party shot at 324 Lyon Terrace Bridgeport, CT.  During their investigation, Detectives were able to determine there was a crime scene at this address and the victim had lied about the location he was shot to avoid being arrested.   Detectives determined the victim accidentally shot himself in the left arm.  He was treated for this non life threatening injury at St. Vincents Hospital and discharged later in the day.  Detectives located the illegal firearm used in the shooting and subsequently established probable cause to arrest the Victim/Suspect.  The Victim/Suspect has been identified as 19 year old Kahlis Parker of Bridgeport Connecticut.  Parker has been charged with Risk of…

Read More

I-95 Crash

UPDATE: I'm sorry to report the person died from his injuries. 2021-02-21@1:19am--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- I-95 southbound a car hit the barrier and reportedly went off the highway at exit 27 but it appears the car is on either the on or off ramp. One person is trapped and firefighter are in the process of extrication.

Read More

Smoke Detector awakens Fairfield residents of early morning fires

FAIRFIELD, CT, Thursday, February 11, 2021: At 4:33 A.M. the Emergency Communications Center received a report by a resident of a fire on the second floor at a three-family residence at 556 Black Rock Turnpike.  The Fairfield Fire Department responded and arrived on scene within four minutes of notification.  At the time of arrival, the exact location of the fire was unknown.  During an interior search, firefighters located two small fires in separate locations, while residents awoken by the smoke detector’s alarm attempted to make contact with others still asleep in the multi-family residence. Firefighters from Ladder Company Two forced entry into a first floor apartment to awake a still sleeping resident and escorted her to safety.   Engine Two, under…

Read More

Bridgeport News: Swatting Incident at UB

Bridgeport News: Swatting Incident at UB2021-4:35pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A caller said he had 10 pipe bombs, firearms and 10 Japanese hostages at the College Park Townhomes at 291 Broad. The surrounding area was blocked off by police. By 5:00pm it was determined to be a prank/swatting call. Swatting is the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.

Read More

Westport News: Computer Crime in the Second Degree

#Westport CT-- On September 4, 2020 at approximately 10:26 a.m., a Westport Police detective responded to a local business that was reporting a possible computer crime. The complainant alleged that a former employee “hacked” into their computer system and made some modifications to their website. Furthermore, the day after the initial police report was filed the company advised that they were the victim of ransomware and as a result, they were unable to access their work files. The detective, after an extensive investigation, developed Yigitali Ercan as a suspect and it was confirmed that he is in fact a former employee of the company in question. Mr. Ercan was interviewed and denied altering the business’s website and locking them out…

Read More