Month: April 2017

Bridgeport News: Murder Suspect Apprehended

#Bridgeport CT–On September 29, 2016, Cristobal Hernandez was shot and killed inside El Paraiso Restaurant located at 1026 Madison Avenue Bridgeport. Detectives identified Douglas Rivas (6/15/82) as the person who shot Hernandez, and on September 30, 2016, Detective Cintron secured a warrant for Rivas’ arrest, charging him with Murder, Criminal Possession of a Firearm and Unlawful Discharge of a Weapon. The U.S. Marshal’s Violent Fugitive Task Force began looking to Rivas, but at the time, he was not located. Rivas’ photograph was distributed to the media to facilitate leads in the case, and detectives received several tips from the public. Fugitive Task Force detectives worked these leads and continued to look for Rivas. Earlier this month, Fugitive Task Force detectives received new information that Rivas may be residing in Florida. Detectives worked with U.S. Marshal’s in Florida, and on April 25, 2017, Douglas Rivas was taken into custody in Sellsmere, Florida, and charged as a fugitive from justice. We expect that Rivas will be extradited back to Connecticut sometime in the near future.

(Bridgeport Police Press Release)

Derby News: Smoke In The Middle School

UPDATE:  At 11:30 AM a strange odor was reported at Derby Middle School. Our emergency system was activated and a code green was called. Students evacuated to the auditorium at the high school. 911 was called and fire and police responded. Utilizing a thermal imaging detector, it was determined the source of the odor to be coming from a computer monitor.  The fire department cleared the building and students and returned to their classes.

(Press release from Derby Superintendent’s Office)

 

11:31am–#Derby CT– The main office at the Derby Middle School on Nutmeg Avenue  has called the fire department for smoke in the building.

 

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Trumbull News: National Prescription Drug Take Back

#Trumbull CT—On Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Trumbull Police Department and the Drug

Enforcement Administration (DEA) will provide the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse

and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Anyone may bring pills for disposal to the parking lot of Daniels Farm School at 710 Daniels Farm Road, Trumbull. (The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps, only pills or patches.) The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. Assisting us this year are the Trumbull Partnership Against Underage Drinking & Drugs (TPAUD) and The Trumbull Police Cadets.

 

Last October, Americans turned in 366 tons (over 730,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at almost 5,200 sites operated by the DEA and more than 4,000 of its state and local law enforcement partners. Overall, in its 12 previous “Take Back” events, DEA and its partners have taken in over 7.1 million pounds—more than 3,500 tons—of pills. This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.

 

For more information about the disposal of prescription drugs or about the April 29 Take Back Day event including additional municipalities participating and locations, go to: https://www.dea.gov/take-back/takeback-news.shtml

(Press Release)

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Mayor Ganim Visits Senator Hwang’s Community Diversity Conversation…For A While

#Bridgeport CT– State Senator Tony Hwang along with Reverend Cass Shaw held a Community Diversity Conversation at 7pm Tuesday night at the University of Bridgeport’s Littlefield Recital Hall in the Arnold Bernhard Arts and Humanities Center.  About 30 people were in attendance.  Mayor Joe Ganim slipped in the back for about fifteen minutes when Senator Hwang acknowledged and welcome the mayor.  Members from the audience asked if it was candidate for Governor Ganim which he smiled and shrugged his shoulders.   The mayor thanked Senator Hwang and said he had to run to another engagement.   City council members were getting an earful at that time from the public at the City Hall with a hearing of the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee’s proposed school district’s $255.9 million budget.

 

Despite the diverse panel, a majority of the conversation was based on the the LGBT community and LGBT rights.  The panel included:

· Peter Wolfgang, Family Institute of CT
· Veasna Roeun, Cambodia-America Alliance
· Rabbi Jim Prosnit, Congregation B’Nai Israel
· Dr. Ahmed Ebrahim, Bridgeport Islamic Community Center
· Leon Smith, Esq., Center for Children’s Advocacy
· Jacey Wyatt, Transgender Community Advocate
· University of Bridgeport International Student Advisors

 

Governor’s Statement On The Budget

#HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy released the following statement regarding the inability of the state legislature’s fiscal committees to adopt a budget today:

 

“I am profoundly disappointed that neither Democrats nor Republicans could produce a budget that makes responsible progress toward addressing our fiscal challenges.  I stand ready to work with leaders of both parties as they come to terms with the real and growing challenges facing Connecticut.

 

“For now, the only balanced budget proposal is the one I put on the table in February.  I will continue to share and discuss that plan publicly, listen to new ideas, and work toward a substantial cost-saving agreement with our state employees.  What I will not do is sign a budget focused on taxes rather than spending cuts.  I will not push off this year’s problems onto future generations.  And I will not support a budget filled with gimmicks or unsupported revenue projections.

 

“In short, the status quo won’t do.  We cannot be all things to all people.  We have to live within our means by making real, fundamental changes to how we budget.  Deferring hard decisions only makes them harder.  Let’s get to work.”

(Press Release)

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Book Club Celebration at Fairfield Public Library

#Fairfield, CT–Please join us for a wonderful evening as we celebrate Fairfield’s fabulous book clubs! Our special guest Carol Fitzgerald, Founder and President of The Book Report Network, will be at the Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road on Thursday, April 27. The celebration will begin at 7 pm in the Memorial Room.

Ms Fitzgerald will take us on a tour of readinggroupguides.com and share some of the hot new titles that are musts for your book club’s reading list. Come on your own or bring your book club. Advanced registration is required due to the limited space. All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free of charge. For more information about this and other programs, visit us online at fairfieldpubliclibrary.org or call 203-256- 3160. Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter @fairfieldpublib and Facebook @fairfieldlibrary.

(Press Release)

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