Month: August 2011

Happenings NOW 8-1 thru 8-3 2011

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 11:36am--#Trumbull--Homeowner​ at 9 Robinwood Rd the washing machine is smoking. Fire department on scene. 11:25pm--#Norwalk--Pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle at Gregory and Marvin/Cemetery (caller wasn't positive which). 2:42pm--#New Haven--A strong armed robber/car jacking just occurred at 561 Quinnipiac Avenue. 2 black male suspect flee in a green Nissan Xterra with Massachusetts plates # 11FN2.  UPDATE---  Police have the car but the victim cannot identify the  assailants.  No location given on where they are pulled over at. 2:32am--Norwalk--Police at 61 Strawberry Hill Ave for a victim of a gun shot wound to the leg.  Police are collecting shell casing and fire department tending to the victim's injuries.   5:04pm--#Bridgeport--Police to  investigate a babysitter striking a 5…

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Water Rescue in Bridgeport

Just before 5:30pm Sunday,  a thirty two foot cabin cruiser got in trouble off Captain’s Cove after hittong a buoy and started taking on water.  Fire department received the call from the Coast Guard, their estimated time of arrival was 45 minutes.   Fire Department’s Ladder Seven, Eleven and Battalion Chief's vehicle responded with their marine rescue boat.  Bridgeport Police also responded with a marine unit and assisted the boat in pumping the water out of the boat.  The boat in trouble was reported to be a the mouth of the harbor entering Captain’s Cove.   Rescue five was also scene and  departed for a propane grill fire at 258 Horace Street, homeowners threw the tank in their pool when fire department arrived.…

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