2020-06-25@1:40pm--#Trumbull CT-- Firefighters were called to a car fire on Garnet Road. There was no car fire but they did find a car with a burnt paper sticking out of it's gas tank along with slashed tires. The police and fire marshals are investigating. This news report is made possible by:
2020-06-25--#Bridgeport CT--#ctfire-- Today I went on a call which turned out to be nothing and ran into one of my favorite Assistant Chief's Richar Donofrio. I was sad to learn today is his last day after serving the city for over 33 years. Fire Marshal Henry Polite Deputy Fire Marshal Richard Balestrieri Assistant Chief John MacNicholl Assistant Chief Richard Donofrio Assistant Chief Mike Caldaroni Fire Inspector Frank Duffy LT Mike Meehan LT Neil Carr LT Paul Kochiss LT Randy Pittman Pumper Engineer(PE) Keith Williams PE Dan Magri PE Steve Kapitancek FF Tom Sansonetti All have retired or will be retired in the next day or two. I learned that the city had hired a lot of firefighters in the…
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, and Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey today announced a joint incoming travel advisory that all individuals traveling from states with significant community spread of COVID-19 self-quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of last contact within the identified state. This self-quarantine – effective 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 – applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average. Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey will continually update and publish on their respective websites…
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) urged Senate appropriators to include at least an additional $25 million for the Department of Justice to hire additional National Instant Criminal Background Checks (NICS) staff. In a letter to U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairman Jerry Moran and Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen, the senators noted the increase in guns and ammunition sales since the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the urgency to hire additional NICS examiners so background checks can be completed accurately and in a timely manner. “The NICS system is the cornerstone of our legal transfer firearms process in the United States, helps to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, and…
2020-06-24@8:34pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Two people were seriously injured in a crash between a car and motorcycle on Main Street near Lincoln Avenue.
2020-06-24@6:12pm--#Seymour CT-- A man called police to report that his girlfriend's parents are squatting in a home he owns on Emma Street. I'm sure our sponsor can find them an affordable place: [caption id="attachment_80764" align="aligncenter" width="1656"] Visit Jack's website at:http://johnrodicanhomes.com/[/caption]
2020-06-24@5:20pm--#Fairfield CT--#ctfire-- Firefighters were met with heavy fire coming from the right side on the second at a home on Shoreham Terrace. Firefighter quickly knocked down the heavy fire but it took them almost an hour to put out all the hot spots. The fire also extended into the attic. There were no reported injuries and the fire marshal was called to the scene to investigate the cause of the fire.
2020-06-24@3:11pm--#Norwalk CT-- Firefighters are on scene waiting on the gas company. A contractor hit a gas line in the 200 block of Ely Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
2020-06-24 @ 3:08pm--Firefighters on scene on Meadow Street for a transformer/power line fire. No word if there are any outages. This news report is made possible by: [caption id="attachment_83769" align="aligncenter" width="480"] https://www.afcurgentcareshelton.com/[/caption]
2020-06-23@ 12: 30PMish--#Fairfield CT--Police said on Tuesday a former housekeeper with bi-polar disorder and acting with unusual behavior went to the house on Spring Hill Road and took items while the daughter was home and confronted her. After a follow up at the suspect's home in Bridgeport, all items were recovered and returned to the owner with no additional enforcement action requested. This news report is made possible by:
