2019-07-29 @ 4:28pm– A car fell onto a man on Alexander Drive. The assistant fire chief said the man was self extricated prior to their arrival and that he more than likely has a broken leg.
Month: July 2019
Bridgeport News: Pregnant Woman Hit By Car
2019-07-29 @ 3:18pm–#Bridgeport CT– A pregnant woman was hit by a car on Washington Place. There was no word on her condition but she was conscious and talking to EMS who transported her to the hospital.
Bridgeport News: Large Gathering of Quads
2019-07-29 @ 12:30am–#Bridgeport CT– Police are on scene outside the club at 1603 Barnum Avenue with a large gathering of quads. Multiple officers called to the scene.
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Stratford News: Motorcycle Crash On Moses Wheeler Bridge
2019-07-28 @ 11:50PM–#Stratford Ct– #cttraffic– A motorcycle crash reported on I-95 southbound on the Moses Wheeler Bridge. No word on injuries.
Bridgeport News: Armed Robbery
2019-07-28 @ 10:05pm–#Bridgeport CT– A person was robbed at gunpoint at 123 Shell Street. Two armed males robbed a man who then fled on Ocean Terrace.
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Bridgeport News: Shoot Out
2019-07-28 @ 7:09pm–#Bridgeport CT– Report of a shoot out between drivers of a white BMW and a gray mini-van on Wood Avenue near Park Avenue. So far only a parked car was reported hit.
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Fairfield News: Lifeguard Rescues Two At Lake Mohegan
2019-07-28 @ 2:34pm–#Fairfield CT– An alert life guard noticed two brothers in distress at Lake Mohegan located at 960 Morehouse Highway and rescued the two boys single-handedly. According to witnesses the boys swam out a little too far and began to panic when they realized they could not touch bottom with their feet. The lifeguard was able to grab both boys bring both boys and bring them into safety. The youngest, aged 6 swallowed some water. He was checked out by paramedics from AMR and found out he was okay and released to his grateful parents.
I wanted to interview the lifeguard to tell the good news of his heroic feat but lifeguard supervisor Ben Gullatti asked me to leave which I did.
Bridgeport News: Water Rescue At Seaside Park
#Bridgeport CT–Saturday-7-28-2019 @ 8:25 pm a call was received at the EOC for persons trapped on the break water at the mouth of Bridgeport Harbor just off shore from Seaside park. Fire fighters responded and initial reports were received that there were 3 persons stuck on the break water. Upon arrival fire personnel discovered it was a total of six individuals. Five men and one women were cut off from the shore when high tide came in and they were not able to return to shore,. Two fire boats were used to remove them from the break water and returned them safely to shore. There were no injuries to the individuals or Firefighters.
On Sunday March 17, 2019 at approximately 4:38pm officers responded to Home Goods, 1850 Post Road East, on a complaint of a stolen wallet. The victim reported that while shopping in the store she noticed that her wallet was missing from her purse. She reported that the missing wallet contained cash and numerous credit cards. The victim then began to receive notifications from her credit card companies that a large purchase had been made, and a second large purchase had been attempted, at two different local businesses. These transactions were being made/attempted on the credit cards that had been stolen from her wallet.
Surveillance video was obtained from the locations at which the credit cards were used to make and attempt these unauthorized purchases. Through review of the surveillance video it was learned that that there were a total of three suspects working together in this incident; one male and two females. Through investigation as well as through information sharing by members of the detective bureau with other law enforcement agencies using still photographs of the suspects taken from video surveillance, one of the female suspects was positively identified as Francisca Duran-Cabrera. An arrest warrant was obtained for Duran-Cabrera and was marked for extradition.
Duran-Cabrera was ultimately taken into custody by law enforcement authorities in the state of Massachusetts. On Thursday July 18, 2019 Duran-Cabrera was extradited back to Connecticut by members of the Westport Police Department’s detective bureau where she was formally charged in connection with the original incident. Duran-Cabrera was charged with violations of 53a-128c(a) Theft of a Credit Card, 53a- 128d Illegal Use of a Credit Card, 53a-129d Identity Theft Third Degree, 53a-48 (53a-128c(a)) Conspiracy to Commit Theft of a Credit Card, 53a-48(53a-128d) Conspiracy to Commit Illegal Use of a Credit Card, and 53a-48(53a-129d) Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft Third Degree.
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Westport News: Failure To Appear
#Westport CT—On the morning of Tuesday July 16, 2019 a bail enforcement agent responded to police headquarters with Daniel Cabrera-Otero in custody. Computer checks confirmed that Cabrera- Otero currently held two outstanding arrest warrants for failure to appear in court. He was turned over to the custody of this agency for processing. One warrant was stemming from an original arrest on felony charges by this agency on which Cabrera-Otero failed to appear as scheduled at Norwalk Superior Court. Bond for this offense was court set at $35,000.00. The second warrant was stemming from an original arrest on misdemeanor charges by the Bridgeport Police Department on which Cabera-Otero failed to appear as scheduled in Bridgeport Superior Court. Bond for this offense was court set at $40,000.00. Cabrera-Otero was unable to post these bonds and was transported to Norwalk Superior Court on Monday July 16, 2019 for arraignment.
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