Month: January 2017

Bridgeport News: Teacher Gets Lesson On Scams

1:50pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A Barnum School teacher learned a lesson on scams.   Another teacher at the school had to call on behalf of the scammed teacher because she was so upset.  The teacher received a call that her brother was being held and would be killed if she did not send money.  They did call her brother and found he was safe and sound.   This news report is made possible by:

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#Westport CT-- On December 25, 2016 at approximately 3:30am, Westport Officers responded to CVS Pharmacy on a report of suspicious males entering and leaving the store several times. The males left the store operating a white Toyota Camry. Westport Police K-9 Officer James Loomer observed a white Toyota Camry on Post Road East near Myrtle Avenue go through the red light. Officer Loomer attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop by activating his emergency lights and siren, however the operator refused to stop, and the vehicle continued on Myrtle Avenue. The pursuit continued for a short time and ended on Richmondville Avenue where the front passenger then exited the vehicle and ran from the scene. The operator and a third…

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Westport News: Narcotics Arrest

On December 30, 2016 at approximately 12:09 a.m. Officer James Loomer on routine patrol pulled over a motor vehicle for a speeding violation. After speaking with the operator, identified as Remington Woodhull, Officer Loomer could see that he was extremely nervous. As a result, the Officer believed that Woodhull may be hiding contraband in the vehicle even though Woodhull denied there was anything illegal in the car. At this point, Officer Loomer deployed his police service dog (Atlas) in order to determine if there were narcotics in the vehicle. Atlas indicated that there were in fact drugs in the car, and upon searching the area where the K-9 alerted, small amount of heroin was located. Woodhull was placed under arrest…

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On December 27, 2016, a 911 call was received from a Westport address. The caller did not say anything to the dispatcher, but the dispatcher could hear signs of a struggle in the background.  The dispatcher lost contact with the caller and upon calling back, a male answered the phone stating that there was no problem at the residence. However, this party sounded as if he was out of breath. Officers were dispatched to the home to assure that everything was okay, and upon arrival learned that there had been a disturbance. Officers spoke to the victim who stated that she had an argument with the suspect, identified as Damien McClave. When the argument became heated, the victim attempted to…

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Minimum Wage Increases

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy  is reminding Connecticut residents that the minimum wage in the state will be increasing from the current rate of $9.60 per hour to $10.10 on January 1, 2017 as the result of a law he signed in 2014 that scheduled increases for workers in three stages.   The coming change is the final step in a series of three scheduled increases under the law that first increased the minimum wage from $8.70 to $9.15 on January 1, 2015; from $9.15 to $9.60 on January 1, 2016; and finally to $10.10 effective January 1, 2017.  Connecticut was the first state in the country to adopt legislation establishing a $10.10 minimum wage.   “No one…

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