#Bridgeport CT–Police are investigating two separate break ins. A Howell Street resident came home to find their home broken into, and a box trailer parked on Summerfield Avenue had tools taken sometime overnight.
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(Press Release) Since the international community agreed four weeks ago on a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, I have spent many hours evaluating it and consulting with my constituents, technical experts, security officials and diplomats from around the world. As a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, I have reviewed classified intelligence and our capabilities for monitoring compliance with the JCPOA. After careful thought, I have decided to support the JCPOA.
There are no perfect answers or easy solutions in the Middle East – only choices with varying levels of risk associated with them. International agreements with one’s foes are as fraught with potential pitfalls as they are with opportunity. The Iranian regime has shown itself to be untrustworthy and destabilizing. It is today a nuclear threshold state. The JCPOA offers something that no other alternative offers: the strong possibility of at least a 15 year period in which there is little or no risk that we are surprised by the test of an Iranian nuclear weapon. That possibility is a considerable improvement over the status quo.
Critics of the JCPOA raise a number of fair objections that deserve careful consideration. I have met twice with Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer to hear these objections at length. But the critics’ predictions for how Iran will behave in 15 years are no more substantiated than other predictions for what the Middle East may look like in the future. Despite weeks of consideration, I do not agree that walking away from our own painstakingly negotiated deal would lead to anything other than the crumbling of hard-won international unity, the lifting of sanctions, an uncertain Iranian response, and an increased probability of an imminently nuclear Iran.
Over the course of my public service I have watched with great sadness the hundreds of billions of dollars spent and the thousands of lives lost to achieve chaotic outcomes whenever we have forsaken diplomacy in the dangerous crescent from Libya to Iraq to Afghanistan. Though not without risk, the JCPOA offers the possibility of a different and better outcome for the United States, Israel, and the rest of the world.
12:20pm–#Bridgeport CT–Two women were sexually attacked by a man coming out of the courthouse at 1061 Main Street according to radio reports. The women flagged down by police officers driving by. Police are investigating.
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2:11am–#Trumbull CT– Staff at St. Joseph’s at 6448 Main Street and Trumbull Police stop a man from setting papers on fire in his room according to radio reports. EMS transporting him to the hospital for evaluation.
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1:50am–#Bridgeport CT–How about some likes for Bridgeport Police who were able to prevent a woman who was about to jump off the Washington/Highland Street Bridge onto Route 8/25 into traffic. Police called for state police to shutdown the highway. The woman’s feet was dangling over the bridge and Bridgeport Police got her back onto the bridge. She is being transported to the hospital by EMS now. Great job officers!
The Southwest Community Heath Center on Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport conducted a health care fair today after being rained out yesterday. I had a chance to talk to Samuel Diaz III about their services. Their goal today was to raise about the services the offer the community whether it be health or dental care. Southwest services all of the greater Bridgeport area (Fairfield and Stratford) and accepts most health insurance including all state insurance like Husky and Medicare and have assistance in signing people up with Access Health CT. Sliding fee scales and financing are available for those. They have locations throughout the area. Contact Southwest Community Health Center at 203.330.6000 or at http://www.swchc.org/
11:20pm–#Bridgeport CT–Police received a call at 980 Madison Avenue that a bald Hispanic man in a Honda Accord stole a couple of cases of beer off the delivery beer truck then fled south on Madison Avenue. Googling 980 Madison Avenue comes back to an Italian Social Club. Cheers/Salute! I did not go to the scene, I don’t really know what kind of beer was taken.
But I do know the best place to get the best Greek food!
UPDATE: Bridgeport Press Release:
Bridgeport, Conn. (August 12, 2015) — Bridgeport police responded to a non-fatal shooting last night near the intersection of Newfield Ave. and Stratford Ave., and are asking the public for assistance in finding the suspects.
At 10:53 p.m. on Tuesday, the Bridgeport Police Department received a call regarding a victim, Abdul Nelson (09/04/75), being shot.
Mr. Nelson suffered injuries to his upper left leg, lower right leg, and two fingers on the left hand.
Nelson was transported to Bridgeport Hospital and his condition is non-life threatening.
Nelson stated that he was on his front porch when he heard a shot and felt the bullet. He said that he did not know where the shots came from.
Two witnesses near Nelson stated they heard 3 to 4 shots in the direction of Stratford Avenue and Newfield Avenue and then saw a vehicle take off.
If anyone has information regarding this incident, please contact Detective John Tenn at (203) 581-5243.
10:52pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police are investigating a shooting that took place on Stratford Avenue and Sixth Avenue. The person shot then made their way a house on Newfield Avenue where police and EMS located him/her. The victim was shot in the leg according to radio reports. Detectives are now processing both scenes.
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