Boat Ordered From China, Never Delivered
(Bridgeport, CT – March 19, 2014) – A city man filed a complaint that he paid $1,057 to a Chinese bank for a boat that was never delivered.
Officer Daniel Faroni spoke Tuesday to the 57-year-old city resident, who stated that he sent the money to China in December 2013 but that the boat was never delivered. He stated he transferred the amount to the Bank of China.
Police Investigate Subway Robbery
(Bridgeport, CT – March 19, 2014) – Police responded to a commercial robbery Tuesday on Broadbridge Road.
Officer Stacey Lyons spoke to a Subway employee Tuesday, who stated that the robber entered the store at 535 Broadbridge Road shortly before 9:30 p.m.
When the employee approached the counter, the robber had his hand in the pocket of his hooded sweatshirt as if he had a gun and demanded money. She complied with his demand and he walked out of the store with an undetermined amount of cash.
No weapon was displayed and no one was injured.
Teen Charged With Possession of BB Gun
(Bridgeport, CT – March 19, 2014) – A 14-year-old faces charges after a disturbance on Iranistan Avenue.
Officer Dave Rivera and other officers responded to the location on Tuesday shortly before 6 p.m. on a report of two groups involved in a disturbance. When he arrived, the verbal confrontation continued. Sgt. Jason Amato reported over the radio that a male wearing a blue zip-up jacket kept holding his waistband as he walked and Rivera and Lt. Brett Hyman spotted him.
As additional officers arrived, the juvenile ran away and tried to scale a fence before being apprehended. In custody, the teen denied that the pellet gun was his. When police retraced his steps, officers did in fact recover a pellet gun.
The youth was charged with possession of a facsimile weapon and interfering with police.
Police Seize Two Knives Machete, Suspect Arrested
(Bridgeport, CT – March 19, 2014) – A 50-year-old man faces weapons charges after an incident at a Schofield Avenue rooming house.
On Tuesday at 10 a.m., Officers Antonio Deida, William Brooks and Joseph Horesco responded to the house at 277 Schofield on a report of a man acting erratically while carrying a large machete.
The officers received an account of what happened and knocked on the door of the suspect, Dennis Ellis. When Ellis opened the door he denied carrying a machete, although police could see one on his bed behind him. They subsequently recovered two knives from his pockets.
He was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon and breach of peace.