Month: September 2015

Bridgeport, Conn. (September 16, 2015) – Today, the Bridgeport Police Department announced the arrest of a man who left a three-year-old child in a vehicle overnight. Jeffrey Mejias, Jr. (DOB 03/06/93) has been charged with risk of injury to a child. His bond has been set at $20,000.  On September 12, 2015 at 7:00 a.m., a 911 call came in from a woman stating that she found a three-year-old child in a motor vehicle on Arctic St. who was left there overnight. A witness at the scene of the incident stated that she saw the child in the vehicle, crouching in the middle section of the vehicle between the front and back seats.  The witness called 911 and was told to see if the car door was unlocked and remove the child.  The witness found the door unlocked, removed the child from the vehicle, and held the child on her porch until medics arrived.

Upon arrival on scene, police officers were joined by medical professionals who examined the child, finding no injuries and that the child was in good physical condition.  Police officers searched the motor vehicle, a tan 2002 Pontiac, finding a tire iron in the front passenger seat and the right front tire flat.  Medics then transported the three-year-old child to Bridgeport Hospital.  Police officers left the scene to visit the address where the vehicle in which the child was found is registered.  The registered owner told police officers that the vehicle is used by her grandson who lives with his girlfriend at an address near where the vehicle was originally found.  Police officers left the home of the registered owner of the vehicle to visit the alternative address given by the owner. In doing so, police officers found the child’s mother. The child’s mother was unaware that the child was not in the home. And, the mother stated that she was working the night before until 2 a.m. When the mother returned home, she found her bedroom door locked, and assumed the child was in the room with the mother’s boyfriend.  The mother was immediately taken to Bridgeport Hospital to see the child. Police officers began to search for the boyfriend, Jeffrey Mejias, Jr. (DOB 03/06/93). While police officers were towing Mejias’s vehicle, he returned to the scene. Mejias reported that he and the child were in the vehicle when the tire went flat. Mejias admitted that he had a lot to drink that night and went inside the home to get something and simply fell asleep in the bedroom.  Mejias was arrested on scene without incident.

11:50pm–#Shelton CT–Report of a rollover accident at Shelton Street and Meadow Avenue.  First responders reports everyone safely out of the vehicle.  Avoid the area.

8:33pm–#Bridgeport CT– A man was shot in the arm and leg at Went Field but he made it to the 300 block of Cottage Street before calling police.  Police are establishing a crime scene.

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#Fairfield CT– Early this afternoon a person called 911 for an unconscious person in the Lawncroft Burial Park on Black Rock Turnpike.  Police confirmed they are investigating an untimely death and had the area blocked off until the medical examiner took the body.   The body was on a stone wall towards the Candlewood Road area of the cemetery.  No identity or cause of death has been released at this time.

2:41pm–#Fairfield CT–The road in front of Stop and Shop at the traffic circle at 1160 Kings Hwy Cutoff is closed to traffic for traffic signal lights that just fell into the roadway.  Police say nothing hit them and it appears to be scorch or fray marks on the guy line that secures it to the pole.  UI arrived on scene at 2:55pm, expect delays in the area.