Month: April 2013

Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner is considering a run for mayor, according to an extensive interview in the New York Times magazine that includes his wife, Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin.   ABC has the full story here….

11:27pm–#Bridgeport CT–A Denver Avenue mom just called police because she smells pot coming from her son’s room.

2:45pm–#Bridgeport CT–A ten year old at Tisdale Elementary School at 250 Hollister Ave. has called police that an eleven year old has stolen his bicycle.

1:11pm–#Milford CT–Firefighters EMS on the way to a rollover accident on Merwin’s Lane that requires extrication. UPDATE--Jaws of life need to pop the roof to get the occupant out.

I get to meet some really neat people and introduce you to them. One of those “neat” people is Basil Amso of Remax Right Choice. He’s been involved in over 30 “flipped” homes in Fairfield County. Like the TV shows he and his investors take homes that need some loving care and put money upgrading the home and help improve neighborhoods. What he and his investors are doing is investing and helping the community one home at time!

You will hear more from Basil since he is now become a sponsor of DoingItLocal.com, again, helping the community now by getting the news out to you! You can contact Basil at 203-209-3818. Thanks Basil!!

(Bridgeport, CT – April 9, 2013) – A 54-year-old man was arrested after a tip led to drugs hidden in his bicycle handlebars. While on patrol, Officers Carlos Vazquez, Jorge Larregui and Joshua Ortiz received information from a concerned citizen about a man with a lazy eye who was riding a mountain bike and selling drugs. The citizen stated that the man hid the drugs in the handlebars of his bike.

On Monday at about 10:45 p.m., the officers saw a man matching the description in the area of Pembroke and Arctic streets and stopped and spoke to him. Officers noticed that the tip of the handlebar was broken and that a gray plastic bag covered it. The man, Eugene Edmonds, of Capital Avenue, didn’t reply when Vazquez asked about the bag. Police then found eight glassine folds of heroin from the hollow tube.

Edmonds was charged with possession of narcotics and possession with intent to sell. Bond was set at $10,000.

2:22am–#Bridgeport CT–A man and woman with a stick robbed a person outside the Getty Gas Station on Park and Wood Avenue. Ambulance sent for the victim. Police have detained a couple matching the description at Park and Olive Street.

#12:05am–#Seymour CT–A person has right leg fracture after a slow speed impact with a car in front of Trestle Tavern on Main Street in Seymour.