2/18

Respect Shout Out To St. Vincent’s Hospital!~ Homeless man requesting a ride to St. V’s not for a medical problem but because it’s cold out and they give him a hot meal as well. That’s what Jesus would do! I know you can’t help the entire city but that is a fantastic testimonial!

2/17

10:47pm–Bridgeport CT– An armed robbery just occurred in the apartment of a woman at 1260 Boston Ave. She was knocked to to the floor and cannot get up.

10:33pm–Bridgeport CT–Police at Bridgeport Hospital investigating a sexual assault on a 14 year old girl by a known person. Because of her age I don’t expect any further updates or details.

7:22pm–#Bridgeport CT–If you give a couple counterfeit twenty dollar bills to the Pizza Hut delivery guy it’s not going to take a lot detective work to figure out who gave it to him…

2:39pm–Bridgeport CT–Quick response prevents car fire from spreading to the building at the Shell Station at 1917 Boston Ave. Firefighters arrived to thick billowing smoke

Firefighters extinguish car fire inside Boston Ave. Shell--Photo by Johnny Fresco
Firefighters extinguish car fire inside Boston Ave. Shell–Photo by Johnny Fresco

from the middle bay which contributed to the initial reports from 911 callers that the building was engulfed in flames. Fortunately the fire station is located just down the block from the gas station and the ability to quickly get water on the burning Volkswagen in the middle bay prevented the fire from extending elsewhere int the building.

12:27am–Norwalk CT–Two car accident has injured parties in the road and the Laurel Athletic Club on North Ave.  hit hard enough by one of the cars to call out the building inspector.

2/16

11:08pm–Bridgeport CT–#nakedwoman– Catherine St. and Washington Ave. a dad reports his daughter is allegedly intoxicated, outside taking her clothes off…….

10:11pm–Bridgeport CT–Man in the 200 block of Pequonnock Street his back window was shot out by a firearm.

8:55pm–Bridgeport CT–Armed robbery outside 1016 Nobel Ave. Man in dreadlocks and gold teeth robbed a woman, he fled towards East Main Street.

8:12pm–Stratord CT–Pedestrian struck by a hit and run car outside 139 Jackson Ave. Police and EMS on the way.

8:01pm–Bridgeport CT–Armed robbery at Marina Village outside building 43 taking the victim’s wallet and $20 by two men one with a sawed off shotgun pepper sprayed the victim. Police on scene with K-9 tracking the suspects

6:37pm–Bridgeport CT–Fire in the garbage chute evacuated building one at the Greene Homes on Highland Ave. Quickly extinguished no extensions

12:31pm–#Seymour CT–Bank robbery at Webster Bank, Route 67.  Police are looking for a Green Cadillac Plate # 439 ZOX which comes back to Denver Ave. in Bridgeport. The car was last seen getting off exit 12 on Route 8

11:57am–Fairfield CT–EMS on the way to a sledding accident on Barlow Road at Fairfield University

2:22am–Bridgeport CT–An armed robbery just occurred on Park Terrace by two men with guns.  The fled in a dark car possibly a Pontiac down Columbia Street.

1:38am–Bridgeport CT–Police have the hands full with large groups at Madison and Federal and also at the social club on 2200 North Ave.

Bridgeport CT–Earlier tonight I head a police broadcast that cars that were parked at the schools may have been ticketed by mistake. I’ll contact the police spokesman and find out what you should do with your ticket if you got one. This is only for cars that were parked in the school parking lots.

2/15

11:16pm-Bridgeport CT–Report of a large street fight and shots fired at Boston Ave. and Remington Street.

10:04pm–Fairfield CT–Fire and EMS respond to an 84 year old man who was walking along Fairfield Woods Road and Stratfield Road, fell and could not get back up.

9:08pm–Bridgeport CT–A man was just robbed at gunpoint on Madison Ave. and Garfield Ave. The robber took his white GMC Sierra that had a red snowplow on the front.   CT Plate 92CJ98       10:17pm–UPDATE–The car was recovered at High Ridge Drive.

8:15pm–Bridgeport CT–The Subway 1739 East Main Street was just robbed at gunpoint by two men.

8:02pm–Bridgeport CT–Another report of a unresponsive person in front of a church this time at 1869 Main Street.

7:55pm–Trumbull CT–EMS on the way to Christian Heritage School 575 White Plains Rd for a 17 year old with a head injury after a fall in the gym.

7:33pm–Fairfield CT–The mulch is on fire….again. At One Rod Highway

6:15pm–Norwalk CT–Man down in bank of snow in front of the Miracle Temple Church of God 2 Trinity Place. EMS on the way.

12:15pm–Bridgeport CT–Bank robber arrested–A city man was arrested Friday after he robbed a bank on the city’s East Side. Police were called to the Bank of America branch at 975 E. Main St. at approximately 12:45 p.m. The robber entered the bank, passed a note to a teller requesting money and the teller complied.However, he did not flee the bank but instead sat down in the lobby. When police arrived, officers found the suspect still inside the bank. He was detained, identified as the suspect and it is in custody.  Police identified him as Harold Watt, 43, of 938 State St.He was charged with first-degree robbery and held on $50,000 bond

By 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.

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