11:49am–#Milford CT– East Shore Middle School at 240 Chaple Street was evacuated due to a fire alarm. Alarm panel is reporting smoke in a ventilation duct. Buses were sent to the school but the students were allowed back into the school per fire department.
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11:42am–#Fairfield CT– Firefighters are on the scene of a garage fire on Ryegate Lane. Two lines in operation. The garage is fully engulfed and attached to the home.
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11:21am–#Bridgeport CT–#cttraffic– one vehicle (jeep) rollover on Route 8/25 northbound near exit 5. No word on any injuries.
10:18pm–#Fairfield CT– Report of a crash with injuries at 1715 Black Rock Turnpike in front of TD Bank. Avoid the area if you can!
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1:02am–#Bridgeport CT– Stratford at Bishop Avenue is closed due to a 6 car accident.
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10:35pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police are investigating an armed robbery at Main and Tom Thumb Street. The two robbers fled on foot north on Main Street.
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8:43pm–#Bridgeport CT– One person was injured in a two-car crash on Main Street at the intersection of Fairfield Avenue. First responders confirmed that the driver of the car went into the building fled on foot after the crash but police apprehended him a short time later. The building at 100 Main Street, The Funchal Americana Buffet received significant damage as well.
#HARTFORD, CT – The official state portrait of Governor Dannel P. Malloy was unveiled during a ceremony today at the Museum of Connecticut History that was attended by the Governor, First Lady Cathy Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, family members and friends, administration officials, and former and current staff members.
Commissioning a portrait of each outgoing governor as that person is completing his or her duties in office is a longstanding tradition in Connecticut that dates back to the early 1800s. Since 1910, this collection has been on public display at the museum’s Memorial Hall, which is located inside of the State Library and Supreme Court building in Hartford.
Painted by acclaimed Connecticut artist Chris Zhang, a resident of East Lyme, the portrait features Governor Malloy standing in front of a window inside of the Governor’s Residence on Prospect Street in Hartford that overlooks the property’s sculpture garden. He is surrounded by several items that have strong meaning to him in his personal life and public responsibilities, some of which include:
As he stands, he motions his right hand toward a person who is out of frame, revealing a green bracelet on his wrist that represents the 26 students, school administrators, and teachers who were tragically killed during a mass shooting at Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.
Zhang was born in Shanghai, China and later immigrated to the United States. He works as a painter and teaches art in his hometown of East Lyme, Connecticut. He has received various awards at home and abroad, and his artwork has been included in exhibits throughout the world. Zhang, whose two cultures are reflected in his versatile styles of artwork, specializes in realism. He is known for pieces depicting people of his native China in vivid colors and costumes, while other renowned pieces include western ballet dancers. In addition, he enjoys painting portraits, landscapes, sea sunrise and sunsets, as well as autumn in New England. Zhang belongs to a number of organizations including Master of the Oil Painters of America, Master of the Copley Society of Art – Boston, and Salmagundi Art Club of New York.
The Museum of Connecticut History is located at 231 Capitol Avenue in Hartford inside of the State Library and Supreme Court building, directly across the street from the State Capitol. Admission is always free and it is open six days a week: Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
4:30pm–#cttraffic–#Shelton CT– A reported accident with rollover Route 8 southbound between exits 13 and 12. Expect delays in both directions.
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#Fairfield CT–On September 1, 2014, at approximately 3:00am a Home Invasion occurred in the Town of Fairfield involving a private residence occupied by female college students. The victim, who was the lone occupant of the home at the time, was awakened by the suspect, beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled to the point of unconsciousness.
After an intensive investigation, to include a scientific examination of physical evidence, the subject below has been positively identified as the person responsible for the attack, and an arrest warrant affidavit was signed for his arrest. Edibaldo “Eddie” DURAN – possible AKA Eddie Guerrero DOB 6/20/1989 Mexican National, 5’2”, approximately 150-160lbs, dark hair, possibly spiky, facial acne, and what the victim described as “grayish eyes”. He also spoke with a slight Spanish accent.
On September 5 th 2014 at 12:45 am, Edibaldo Duran boarded an AeroMexico flight that departed from JFK and arrived in Mexico City at 5:08 am later that same morning. On December 19 th , 2018 The US Marshal Service, District of Connecticut, took Duran into custody in Mexico City where he was extradited under international extradition to Connecticut for the service of his outstanding warrant from 2014.
On December 19 th , 2018 at approximately 8pm Fairfield Police Detectives took custody of Duran and transported him to Fairfield, Connecticut where he was formally charged with Home Invasion, Aggravated Sexual Assault 1 st Degree, Strangulation 1 st Degree, Assault 1 st Degree, Unlawful Restraint 1 st Degree, and Larceny 6 th Degree. He was held on $250,000.00 court-ordered bond. (Fairfield Police Press Release)
