Month: May 2012

Just before midnight Saturday night a motorcycle collided with a car on Main Street at the corner of Goodsell Street.  Witnesses tell us the motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed.  Not a lot of information is available since police have just begun their investigation.  Of course if we get any further information we will pass it on.

Two children were hit by a sports utility vehicle on Central Avenue at the corner of Barnum Ave. Friday night just after 8pm. Connecticut Post is reporting one of the children suffered possible life threatening injuries. Witnesses we spoke to on scene confirmed that one of he children did not appear to be breathing for a while, but after they prayed for him he began breathing and responded when they told him not to move. All witnesses we spoke to said the driver fled the scene claiming he was chasing the vehicle that hit the children. Shoes, hats and other garments the children were wearing were scattered all over the roadway from the impact. Bridgeport Hospital is on this block and the children were transported there. The road remained closed as police reconstructed the scene.

Just before 7:45pm Friday night Fairfield Police were called to an armed robbery at Sahara Tanning located at 173 Post Road. A white male, about 6 feet tall, blond hair displayed a silver handgun. The description of the suspect at the armed robbery at Adams Bakery is the same including the gray four door Nissan getaway car. The employee locked herself in a room so she could not help in knowing the direction of travel he fled. Fairfield Police immediately notified Bridgeport Police of the robbery.

It is undetermined how much he got away with. Many of our followers on Facebook pointed out it couldn’t have been much since many tanners pay a month in advance and usually pay by credit card.

      (Westport, Connecticut) Friday evening at approximately 5:43 P.M. the Westport Police, EMS and Fire Department responded to a report that an operator driving a scooter had collided with a motor vehicle in the area of Post Road East at Imperial Avenue. Arriving emergency units located the victim lying in the street and began medical treatment.  The victim was transported to Norwalk Hospital by Westport EMS.

A preliminary investigation into the crash found that the scooter operator was driving eastbound on Post Road East. The scooter operator allegedly failed to obey the red traffic control signal and collided with a 2007 Volvo turning left from a westbound direction of travel on Post Road East and was turning left onto Imperial Avenue.  The operator of the Volvo was not injured in the accident and was present at the scene.  The scooter operator has sustained serious physical injuries; the extent is still being determined.

The accident remains under investigation by the Westport Police Department Accident Investigation Unit and Patrol Division.

WILTON — A 22-year-old Wilton man who told police he was hearing voices, was arraigned in Norwalk Friday morning for the alleged murder of his 73-year-old father.

Aaron Ramsey of 125 Signal Hill Road allegedly punched, kicked and stabbed his father, Edward Ramsey Thursday afternoon before running through the woods to escape from aliens, he told police.    Read full report and listen to the tape……..

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Calling the practice “odd” and nothing more than “animal cruelty,” Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis has introduced legislation that would establish a misdemeanor charge for owners who subject pets to piercings, tattoos and certain other cosmetic surgeries.  Malliotakis (R-East Shore/Brooklyn) says she was driven to address the practice after viewing “Pet Crazy,” a documentary about such behavior on “20/20.”

“I was sickened after seeing the images of dogs with tattoos and piercings through their eyebrows and noses. While the psychological effects on these animals is an area of debate, the fact remains that most of these procedures require an application of general anesthesia which poses a health risk in itself,” said Malliotakis in a press release. “The animal must then go through the pain of recovery and possible infection, or post-surgery complications. These non-medical cosmetic procedures are not just odd and unnecessary, they amount to animal cruelty.”  Read full story……

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5/11/2012

11:14pm–Bridgeport–Bed on fire at 400 block of Wells Street. 11:21 UPDATE–No fire, mentally disturbed person.

9:42pm–Stratford–Walmart has a family of shoplifters in custody.  Police on the way.

8:28pm–Bridgeport—Blind man jumped by a group of teens in front of 1157 East Main Street.  EMTs had to call police to clear the group so they could treat the man.

8:10pm–Bridgeport–Firefighters were called to Staples on Main Street for smoke in the back of the structure.  Firefighters saw smoke from the back of the structure.  They checked the top of the businesses, then check the wooded area but were unable to locate the source.

5/10/2012

10:12pm–Bridgeport–An unknown heavy set woman broke down the door of a 94 year old man’s apartment in the 500 block of William Street.

10:10pm–Bridgeport–A strong armed robbery just occurred in the 500 block of East Washington Avenue. Two attackers fled on foot down William Street. No money or items were taken, just the victim’s identification.

8:15pm–Bridgeport–12 year old girl just had her foot run over by a passing car on Park Street.

1:27am–840 State Street, report of an odor of natural gas. Here come a bunch of fire trucks!

1:01pm–3 shot one confirmed dead on Trumbull Avenue.

5/9/2012

9:29pm–Bridgeport–Car fire in the parking garage underneath the building of Embassy Towers 2625 Park Avenue. Building is being evacuated, fire department being waved in to the back of the building. UPDATE Car fire now out, smoke condition in the building. Fire department to air the building out now.

7:35pm–Bridgeport–Shots fired Charles and Main Street. Nobody shot, a couple of vehicles may have been hit. Police know who they are looking for.

7:12pm–Bridgeport–Check cashing/phone store at 1093 East Main Street robbed at gunpoint. Taken was over $9,000 in cash. Police are investigating.

5:57pm–Bridgeport–Woman left CVS on Huntington Street with a large amount of batteries without paying. Do you think she will be charged?

12:33am–Bridgeport–Tractor trailer smoking on Seaview Avenue near 5th Street.  Fire department on scene.

5/8/2012

4:02pm–#Bridgeport–Report of smoke on the 2nd floor at 84 Barnum Avenue.    Fire department on scene reporting light smoke showing from the outside, going to work.  UPDATE–Turns out to be food burning on the stove, no extensions.

12:10pm–#Bridgeport–An armed robbery just occurred at the barber shop, at 624 East Main Street near the Citgo station not at the gas station as first reported. Police on scene, details as we get them.

11:19am–Bridgeport–Police break up a fight between a couple of women on Main and John Street.

1:17am–Bridgeport–An assualt just took place on Cottage Street.  Police have a description of the car they fled in and diligently working on finding it.

12:30am– Bridgeport–Police and EMTs on the scene for a  Hewitt Street man who has lacerations to the groin inflicted by his girlfriend.

12:01am–Bridgeport–A strong armed robbery and assault just took place on Oak Street not a lot of details on this one mostly due to a language barrier.

5/7/2012

Bridgeport– DoingItLocal.com follower  Xavier Pena DahBoss reporting a Bridgeport man was stabbed in the back multiple times during a fight on Shelton Street  and is being treated at hospital for non-life threatening injuries

5:55pm–Fairfield–Firefighters were just called in to the Audubon  Society on Burr Street to aid the police in searching for a missing child on the property.  No details on the child have been given at this time.  6:38–UPDATE–Child has been located!

5:16pm–Bridgeport–An armed robbery just occurred at 855 Madison Avenue, in  the parking lot at Subway.  The person was robbed of his i-Pod  by 3 black males who fled on foot  towards Capitol Ave.  A gray revolver was displayed.

4:10pm–Fairfield–Minor accident between a van and school bus on Kings Highway East and Halley Avenue. One student was on board, no apparent injuries.

3:38pm–Fairfield–Shoplifting just occurred at the CVS on Black Rock Turnpike.  Police are investigating.

5/6/2012

3:23am–Bridgeport–A serious assault just took place at 346 Hanover Street.  A 911 call came in from a child that they were choking his mom.  Police were quick on the scene to find a woman with serious cuts to her head.  Police request EMTs to step it up.    A second ambulance was requested to the scene.  A request from police was called to the residence for shackles and a belt, apparently to contain the attacker.

10:40pm–Bridgeport–Caller on a untraceable 911 cell phone called police twice, first saying there was shots fired outside 347 Main Street.  Later he calls back and says there is a person shot outside the pizza restaurant there and that he will wait outside the restaurantt to talk to police.  Police return and find  no shooting victim nor the caller.  Chief Gaudette in the past has told me this is a common tactic to divert police away from another crime being committed elsewhere in town.   No other calls came in at this time.  It is uncertain if this is related to the false 911 call about the McDonald’s being robbed at gunpoint.

9:10pm–Bridgeport/Fairfield–All fast food restaurants checked by police after Bridgeport Police receive a call of the “McDonald’s by PT” is being robbed by a gunman wearing red sneakers turns up to be false.   Police swarmed the Fairfield/Railroad Ave. McDonalds to find the call to be false after checking with the manager.  Police checked all fast food restaurants in Fairfield and Bridgeport as a precaution.

1:10pm–Bridgeport–Man had his gray Honda stolen last month in Shelton.  He spots it today on Nobel Ave. and East Washington Avenue.  He approaches the vehicle and has a gun pulled on him by the three in the car.   Police are looking for the car and investigating.  3:12pm–UPDATE–4 in custody!  Officer spots the car on Stillman and Brooks Street, waited for backup.  After a brief foot pursuit police capture all four suspects, 3 known to be women.

12:50am–Fairfield/Southport–Home broken in to in the 200 block of Center Street while homeowner was home.  Westport canine sent in for tracking.

12:28pm–Bridgeport–If you are parked outside at Scruples on North Ave. you may want to check your car, driver hits two parked cars.

5/5/2012

11:50pm–Fairfield–Firefighter busy with burning bags in the streets.  Earlier on High Street, now on College Park Drive.  Police requested.  Fire department request to preserve any evidence.

10:11pm–Bridgeport–Report of a car fire on Bennett Street, possibly Fox Street.  Call originally came in as Fox Street in Fairfield.

5:14pm–Shelton-A robbery and assault occurred at the Walgreens on 700 Bridgeport Avenue.  Police are looking for   CT Plates- 38X ZDO a 2009 gray Toyota Corolla .

5:05pm–Fairfield–EMTs firefighters called to Fairfield Univesity to the lacrosse field, on the roof where they record the games for someone with a possible cardiac issue.   Challenging extrication to get the man to the ambulance, calling for extra personnel to help.

4:48pm–Bridgeport–Report of an odor of smoke in on the 2nd floor of Beardsley Terrace building ten.  Fire department on the way.  Turns out to be food on the stove burning.

3:23pm–Fairfield–In this week’s chapter of Reading Is Fundamental……   Shortly after 3:10pm a box truck got stuck attempting to go under the  underpass at North Benson Road near the intersection of the Post Road.  The truck cleared the first new underpass but fell short on the second bridge where he became lodged under the trestle.   A heavy duty wrecker was called to the scene.

 

3:20pm–#Bridgeport–Report of smoke on the first floor North Hall, University of Bridgeport, 79 University Avenue.  Firefighters arrived on the scene.  Turns out to be burning food on the stove.

2:48pm–Fairfield–A man driving around approaching residents  in the Quincy Street area asking if they need any repair work done on their car.  The man is bald heavy set man driving a tan Mercedes.  This is similar to a call of a man in Mercedes offering car repair work in the Stop and Shop parking lot on Tunxis Hill.  This man was seen heading towards Penfield Road.

 

Last night Bridgeport Police made three arrests in the Garfield Avenue area.    These three (3) individuals are the reason of the increase of armed robberies in the area of Madison Ave. and Wayne St. area.  Members of the departments  Violent Crime Initiative Unit that consist of uniformed officers under the supervisor of Sergeants Ronald Mercado and Bradford Seely obtained  information as it was broadcast and converged on the area with their officers and where able to capture the suspects at various locations within the immediate area of the robbery.

Arrested in the incident were all Bridgeport residents.  Dave Steele 18 yr.old,  and  Shakur Thorpe 19 yr.old, both charged with Robbery 1^st. degree, Conspiracy at Robbery 1^st deg., Carrying A Pistol W/O Permit   Theft of a Firearm, Criminal Trespass 2^nd Deg., bond set for each at $ 100,000.00.

Andre Ellis 22 yr. old, charged with Robbery 1^st deg., Conspiracy @ Robbery 1^st deg., Carrying a Pistol W/O Permit, Theft of a Firearm, Criminal Trespass 2^nd deg., Interfering with a Officer, bond set at $100,000.00.

All parties were arraigned today at Superior Court, 172 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport. Ct.

Daniel Chong, the UC San Diego student who was left in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell for nearly five days, said the time spent there was a life-altering experience. On Wednesday, the DEA apologized for the incident.  The 23-year-old spoke with NBCSanDiego and said he was increasingly worried throughout the days he spent in a 5-foot by 10-foot cell. “They never came back, ignored all my cries and I still don’t know what happened,” he said. “I’m not sure how they could forget me. Read full story….

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Over 80 business owners or perspective business owner came to a free seminar at Norwalk City Hall Tuesday. The seminar hosted by Congressman Jim Himes provided information to connect business owners with federal, state as well as local vending and financing programs, procurement, and contracting opportunities.

Those that could not attend but would like information can contact Congressman Himes offfice toll free at 1-866-453-0028 or www.himes.house.org.

The SCORE (Service Corps Of Retired Executives) can contact the Norwalk Chapter at 203-831-0065 or www.scorenorwalk.org.

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