11:11am–#Fairfield CT– Firefighters douse a fire in the back of Calvary Church on Kings Highway East. A witness told me he saw a fourteen inch by fourteen inch box on fire when he called the firefighters. A steady breeze kept and debris kept the embers alive. Exit 24 off I-95 is next to this area.
Middletown, CT. (August 21, 2017): Connecticut State Troopers urge drivers, parents, and children to prepare for back to school safety.
As over half-a- million Connecticut children head back to school over the next few weeks, Connecticut State Troopers urge all parents and guardians to discuss school, traffic, and personal safety with their children. Troopers also caution all drivers to be aware of “back to school” bus, pedestrian, and bicycle traffic.
Drivers are urged to use extra caution as they travel on Connecticut’s roadways and to be alert to children who may be hurrying to and from school.
Under state law, it is mandatory that drivers stop for school buses that have their flashing red warning lights activated, whether they are approaching or following the school bus. The yellow flashing lights are a warning to drivers that the bus will be stopping to pick up and/or drop- off students. Drivers should anticipate that the red flashing lights will come on shortly after seeing the yellow flashing lights as the bus comes to a stop. The red flashing lights on a school bus indicate that the bus is stopped and students are either getting on or off the bus. Failure to obey this law not only puts our children at great risk, but it carries a hefty penalty for drivers. Fines for passing a school bus that has its flashing red warning lights activated starts at $465 for a first offense.
Parents should also remind their children to wait for their bus in a safe place, out of the travel portion of the roadway, and only cross the street after looking both ways, even if the red lights are activated. Urge
children to tell an adult and the police about anything that makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable on the way to/from school and while they’re in school. Children should be reminded not to speak to, or get into the vehicles of people they don’t know. All Resident State Troopers and Troopers on patrol will periodically monitor school bus stops to help ensure the safety of all students as they travel back to school to begin the 2017-2018 school year.
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12:10am–#Bridgeport CT– Police received a call for shots fired in the Colorado Avenue/Denver Court area. A short time later a person in the 100 block of Denver Avenue reports hearing the shots and found bullet holes in their home. No one was hit.
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10:12pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police received a number of calls of shots fired at Boston and Bishop/East Avenue for shots fired. A few minutes later the gunshot victim arrived at Bridgeport Hospital. Radio reports say he was shot in the stomach.
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Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD PISKE, 34, of Norwalk, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of distribution of heroin.
This prosecution is part of an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.
According to court documents and statements made in court, early in the morning of June 29, 2016, Bridgeport Police and emergency medical personnel responded to a report of an apparent overdose and found a 25-year-old female dead on a bedroom floor
The investigation revealed that, on June 28, 2016, the victim’s boyfriend purchased a quantity of heroin from PISKE. Later that day, the victim and her boyfriend ingested some of the heroin that had been purchased from PISKE.
The boyfriend reported that he passed out from the heroin that he had ingested and, when he awoke, his girlfriend was dead.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined that the victim died from acute heroin, cocaine and alcohol intoxication.
PISKE was arrested on a criminal complaint on September 29, 2016.
PISKE is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer on November 15, 2017, at which time he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years. He is released on a $25,000 bond.
This matter has been investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Haven Tactical Diversion Squad and the Bridgeport Police Department. The Tactical Diversion Squad includes participants from the New Haven, Hamden, Greenwich, Shelton, Bristol, Vernon, Wilton, Milford, Monroe and Fairfield Police Departments, and the Connecticut State Police.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael E. Runowicz.
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2:18am–Report of a car hitting a utility pole at Housatonic and Grand Street. Two people reported injured.
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1:31pm–#Bridgeport CT– The occupants of a crashed/overturned Acura in the 1000 block of Howard Avenue fled the scene.
UPDATE: A second stabbing victim is now reported at building 14 off St. Stephen’s Road.
11:54pm–#Bridgeport CT– A man at PT Barnum housing building 3 on Bird Street is reported to be stabbed in the arm. First responders on the way.
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11:45pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police are investigating a report of shots fire into a home in the 200 block of Goddard Avenue.
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11:11pm–#Bridgeport CT– A delivery person was just robbed at Success Village near building 91 according to radio reports.
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