Month: April 2014

#Bridgeport CT–Phone scammers are batting five hundred so far.  The calls usually say they have your family member hostage and will only release them if you wire them money. An earlier call to a Bridgeport resident knew it was a scam and called police to report it.  A woman on Success Avenue just wired the money only to find out her brother was ok.

#Bridgeport, CT – April 1, 2014 – A traffic stop led to a drug arrest Monday after an officer observed a snipped straw with white residue by her feet.

Officer Adam Roscoe observed a vehicle double parked and blocking traffic on East Main Street at5:45 p.m. Roscoe ran the license plate number and learned that the car was unregistered.

After a passenger exited the car and, as the motorist started driving away, Roscoe pulled her over.

After seeing the short straw, an item often used for snorting narcotics, Roscoe asked the driver if she had anything else he needed to know about. She stated that she had a tin container in her pocket that contained pills. Police recovered the item and recovered numerous white pills that tested positive as narcotic painkillers. Venzinia Colon, 40, of Bridgeport, was charged with various drug offenses. Her bond was set at $10,000.

9:10pm–#Bridgeport CT–If on Madison Avenue ironically near Beers Street watch for the allegedly drunk man walking in the road.

#Bridgeport, CT – April 1, 2014 – A city woman faces a larceny charge in connection with the theft of electricity from United Illuminating Co.

Police arrested Tomeka Hudson, 37, of 480 Connecticut Ave. on a charge of third-degree larceny.

Detective Robert Martin was contacted last month by UI investigators on a report of utility theft.

He learned that Hudson had an outstanding balance of $3,091 with UI dating back to 2008 at a different location. He also learned that UI disconnected service to Hudson’s subsequent apartment in June 2011 for lack of payment. The service was under the name of Hudson’s boyfriend.

The theft was discovered in November 2013, when a UI meter technician inspected the meter and observed that it had been pried open and bypassed using jumper wires that connected to the electrical line and to load connectors behind the meter. That provided electricity to the unit that was unrecorded by the meter.

The technician disconnected the jumper wires and reported the situation to UI investigators. This month, a UI investigator contacted Martin about a possible additional theft. The investigator stated that she was informed that after UI disconnected the illegal connection in November, power was restored to Hudson’s apartment by tampering with the electrical equipment of another apartment.

Based on past usage, UI estimated Hudson received, without paying, $2,974 in electricity between June 2011 and November 2013. Hudson was arrested today.