Month: August 2015

Bridgeport, Conn. (August 26, 2015 Bridgeport Police Press Release) – This morning, the Bridgeport Police Department arrested a Waterbury man while saving a 17 year-old Bridgeport girl from suspected sex trafficking.  On August 26, 2015 at around 2:30 a.m., police officers responded to a reported incident at the Sunnyside Inn (174 Lake St., Bridgeport, Conn.).

 

After arriving on the scene, a 17 year-old Bridgeport girl alleged that Brandon Williams  — born on 03/16/81 of 21 Cliff St. in Waterbury, Conn. — was holding the juvenile against her will, forcing her to engage in sex trafficking.  Subsequently, Mr. Williams was arrested, and is currently being held on a $50,000 bond for violation of probation pending further charges.

 

The 17 year-old girl was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital where she is in stable condition. She is currently recovering in the custody of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

 

3:14pm–#Bridgeport CT–Police announcing on the radio that there is a malfunction on the Stratford Avenue Bridge and that traffic is backed up in both directions.

 

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2:44pm–#Stratford CT– Burning mulch was the reason the fire department was at 1925 Barnum Avenue, not a structure fire as first reported.

 

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11:09pm–#Bridgeport CT–Multiple reports of shots fired Arctic and Pemboke Street.  So far no reports of anyone or anything hit.

 

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10:22pm–#cttraffic–#Stratford CT–Crash between a car and motorcycle on I-95 northbound near exit 32.  First responders just arriving on scene.

7:41pm–#Bridgeport CT–Firefighters dispatched to Seaside Park just past the breakwaters for an overturned white boat from a call from Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).

 

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6:33pm–#Milford CT– Firefighters  on scene of a report of a ceiling fan fire at St. Ann’s School on Naugatuck Avenue.  Caller said the fan was on fire when she called it in.  Firefighters reporting it is warm and investigating.

 

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5:37pm–#cttraffic–#Milford CT–A multi car accident I-95 southbound with injuries according to radio reports.  Accident is in the left and breakdown lane.