UPDATE: Bridgeport Police Press Release
Bridgeport, Conn. (September 10, 2015) — Today, Bridgeport Police Officers with the help of neighbors arrested a man for breaking into a home on Quinlan Avenue. At 4:17 p.m., officers responded to a reported break in at a home on Quinlan Avenue near Gilman Street. Officers set up a perimeter around the house, as they were told by witnesses that the suspects were still inside the house.
Shortly after, another citizen reported that the suspects had fled through the rear running eastbound through neighboring yards, just prior to the officers arriving. Descriptions of the two males were given by numerous people that observed them running throughout the neighborhood. Officers were directed to a block in the area of Garden Terrace, Gilman Street, Midland Street and Courtland Street.
Another citizen directed officers toward the backyard of a house that the witness said “I know they don’t live there. I saw them in the backyard but, I haven’t seen them come out yet.” With the help of neighbors, and K-9 officers, police officers were able to locate one suspect in a rear yard on Garden Terrace. Michael J. Fernandez, 29, from Deer Hollow Road in Oxford was taken into custody. The second suspect eluded arrest. However, officers on the scene were able to identify him and are working with the Detective Bureau. All property taken in the burglary was recovered from the suspects and returned to its rightful owners.
4:06pm–#Bridgeport CT– A lot of action in Black Rock when a Quinlan Avenue resident came home to find burglars in the home. Police were quick on the scene and surrounded the home. The burglars apparently slipped by and according to radio reports citizens were giving chase to one of them on Courtland Avenue near Gillman Street and police apprehended him a second male is still at large. According to radio reports the second person threw something under a porch on Courtland Avenue and K-9 tracked the suspect to Lake Avenue where they also found stolen merchandise thrown in the area. Police are still looking for a dark skinned Hispanic teen male with tattoos on both arms and he was wearing a white shirt and black shorts.
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