Month: March 2018

Governor Takes A Shot At Gun Group

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s Director of Communications Kelly Donnelly today released the following statement in reaction to comments made today by Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL) President Scott Wilson, who is advocating to increase guns in schools: “Comments made today by CCDL leadership are a new level of disgusting, even for the gun lobby.  Claiming that gun free zones are the cause of mass shootings is the height of lunacy.  It is an insult to compassionate people everywhere, and to the victims of gun violence.  Their purposeful distortion of reality and their readiness to ignore voices of educators – the very professionals they are trying to arm – is shameful and unhelpful.  Rather than continuing to oppose…

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Trumbull News: Student Arrested For threats Against School

#Trumbull CT-- On March 14, 2018, a juvenile was arrested by Trumbull Police after the student made an online threat of a shooting with the intended target being Trumbull High School. Trumbull Police was notified of the incident when concerned students and staff members approached a school resource officer with evidence of the threat on a social media site. The student had posted the threat to “shoot up” the high school along with other remarks about the school. Police and school officials took immediate action and detained the student, a 16-year-old female. Upon further investigation, a photo of the student was also linked to the threat, which showed the student holding what appeared to be a handgun. Police then located…

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Bridgeport News: Suspicious Package Update

9:35am--#Bridgeport CT-- A female caller at the Optimus Health Care at 982 East Main Street that a package that was supposed to contain a watch was much larger than expected.  The area was closed off and business nearby evacuated.  State Police Bomb Squad was called in and by noontime the area and facility were deemed safe to occupy.   I think I'd be suspcious of the package too.  The sender was Rong Kai FU Company (see close up insert top left of the photo).

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Bridgeport News: Police Officer Injured In Crash

UPDATE: Police say one of their officers was hurt today when his cruiser crashed while responding to the home of a city man believed to have struck a Danbury Police officer with his car — in Danbury — earlier in the day. 4:03pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A police officer received a hand injury after striking a fire hydrant on Washington Avenue near West Avenue.  Police spokesperson Av Harris said the officer was cutoff by a woman who failed to stop for a stop sign.  Harris said, Officer, Escalan recevied a minor injury to  his right hand and was transported to the hospital.

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