Month: August 2019

Solving Bridgeport’s Gun Crimes Ganim Calls Senators To Vote On Gun Safety

Bridgeport, CT – In light of the recent tragedies in El Paso and Dayton, Mayor Ganim has signed a letter addressed to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer to urge the Senate to come back into session to vote on gun safety legislation.  The two bills for immediate vote already passed by the House of Representatives and would expand background checks for gun sales. The Connecticut Mayors of Hartford, East Hartford, West Hartford, Stamford, Meriden, and New Haven are among 200 others from across the country who have also added their signatures to the letter.

 

“These bills are a critical path to take illegal weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals,” stated Mayor Ganim.  “We have all seen enough suffering on the national level and in our own communities.  This is common sense, we are asking to stop allowing individuals who don’t pass the background the ability to own a gun, to require the firearm purchases to be put through a more stringent NCIS background check, and to ban the illegal transfer of guns.”

 

Expediting this bill will have an immediate effect throughout the country; and a direct result in the reduction of gun violence in every town and city like ours, in the City of Bridgeport. 

 

The Senate’s participation on the matter can further the impact of House-passed bills H.R. 8 and H.R. 1112, which both aid in closing loopholes in background checks and banning the transfer of unlicensed firearms and unregulated sales.

 

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own and Board of Education Accepts Equity Distribution

Westport, CT – On August 7, First Selectman Jim Marpe accepted a check in the amount of $85,404 to the Town and Board of Education for its prorated share of a $5.0 million Equity Distribution from the Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA).  The Equity Distribution is a result of the continued efforts by the Town and BOE in managing risk through training and injury avoidance under the Worker’s Compensation program along with actions to reduce claims under its Liability, Auto and Property coverage.

The Town and Board of Education have received $525,175 since the program was started in 2011. CIRMA has distributed nearly $30 million to its members in the same time period.

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PHOTO: L-R, Marty Burger (Marsh McLennan Agency), Will Wood, Stephen Nadeau and Ashley Reda (CIRMA Representatives), First Selectman Marpe, Gary Conrad (Westport Finance Director), Elio Longo (Westport Board of Education CFO)

Public Hearing Addressing PSEG’s Failure to Hire City Residents

#Bridgeport CT–Monday evening at Shiloh Baptist Church in Bridgeport state Senator Dennis Bradley (D-Bridgeport) will join a group of the Park City’s pastors and community leaders for a public hearing addressing PSEG’s failure to honor the Community Environmental Benefits Agreement (CEBA) at the Bridgeport Harbor Station. Through the CEBA, PSEG is required to extend job and development opportunities to residents, minorities and women in the city, but has since failed to do so.

Below is a letter written by the pastors with their concerns:

At the end of 2017, dozens of Bridgeport pastors, residents, and stakeholders marched to the gates of the Bridgeport Harbor Station in the South End of Bridgeport, where a controversial new methane gas-fired plant is being constructed. Holding up signs that read “ACCOUNTABILITY” and lifting their voices with chants demanding more jobs and equity, this cadre of concerned citizens concluded their demonstration with prayer, asking God to provide the residents of Bridgeport with economic justice and a challenge, asking PSEG to live up to the Community Environmental Benefits Agreement (CEBA), PSEG’s written Continue reading Public Hearing Addressing PSEG’s Failure to Hire City Residents

A Message from First Selectman Tetreau on Gould Manor Park and the Fill Pile

#Fairfield CT–Over the past two weeks there has been a tremendous amount of information disseminated through news reports, social media and the town itself about issues related to the management of the aggregate fill pile at the Town’s Public Works Yard on Richard White Way. Unfortunately, some of the information presented in news reports and shared on social media has been inaccurate and misleading, causing concern and anxiety.

At the outset, as your First Selectman I am sorry for any concern this situation has caused you and your families and neighbors. I also want to reassure you that the Town Government – including the Department of Public Works, the Department of Health and my office — is working tirelessly to address these issues. Your safety is of paramount importance and drives all of our decisions and actions.

As we head into the weekend I want to update you on the Town’s investigation of whether any material from the aggregate fill pile at the public works yard was used on any town properties and whether there is any risk of contamination should hazardous material been in that fill.

The Town has been working with the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) since 2016 once concerns were raised about the management of the aggregate pile by Julian Development. Most recently, as we reported earlier this week, soil testing has been conducted along the sidewalk area of Gould Manor Park along Holland Hill Road to determine whether any material used during the improvements of the sidewalk in 2013/2014 might have been contaminated. We have asked for that analysis to be expedited and are hopeful to have those results shortly.

Once we do receive the reports of that soil testing I will report to you promptly on those results, and what – if any – action will be taken to remediate if necessary.

Separate from this, I have asked the Department of Health to determine whether any fill from the aggregate pile was used on any other public properties in Fairfield. If we determine that has occurred, and whether that work was done during the period in which Julian Development was managing the aggregate pile, we will test those sites as appropriate.

The mismanagement of the aggregate pile by public employees and Julian Development represents a breach of the public trust. It has caused unnecessary anxiety. It is unacceptable and I commit to you that the Town of Fairfield will hold accountable those who violated this trust.

I will continue to update you on developments as they progress, and I encourage you to reach out to me directly with any questions or comments at firstselectmanffld@fairfieldct.org.

On Saturday, August 10th, at approximately 12:04 p.m., an 82 year old woman was walking into the Westfield Trumbull Mall when she was pushed to the ground by an unidentified male who stole her purse and fled in her gray Honda Accord.

The victim stated that she was walking in the parking lot towards JC Penney when she was attacked. Witnesses stated that they heard a woman screaming for help and observed the suspect running away with the victim’s beige purse. He then sped away in the victim’s vehicle, toward the Main Street exit. The witnesses notified the police immediately.

The victim suffered minor injuries that included abrasions on her arms and legs. Trumbull EMS responded and provided medical care to the victim on scene, but she refused further medical assistance. The suspect was described as a Hispanic male in his twenties, about 5′ 9” tall, with a close-cropped haircut, wearing grey sweat pants, and a white, yellow and red windbreaker jacket.

 

Trumbull Police detectives are actively investigating to identify the assailant. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Trumbull Police Department directly at (203) 261-3665 or via the anonymous and confidential tip line located on our website: trumbull-ct.gov/policeTips. All information will remain anonymous.

 

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Westport News: Credit Card Misue and Larceny Charges

On Wednesday March 6, 2019, Westport Police began an investigation into Jaiman Shah based on a complaint made by his former employer that he had used American Express points from a company credit card to make over $16,500.00 in personal purchases. That investigation resulted in an arrest warrant being drafted and granted for Shah in which he was charged with Larceny 2 nd Degree, Credit Card Theft and Receipt of Goods by the Illegal Use of a Credit Card. For those charges, Shah had been previously arrested by this department on June 17, 2019 and at that time had posted a court set $50,000.00 bond.

 

While investigating this original complaint, the investigating officer was again contacted by the victim (on Sunday March 10, 2019) reporting that upon researching further in Shah’s activities while employed at the company additional acts of fraud were discovered. In one of these instances, Shah had used a combination of rewards points as well as American Express credit to make personal purchases from Amazon.com totaling $367.44. For this incident, an arrest warrant was sought and granted charging Shah with 53a-125b Larceny in the Sixth Degree, 53a-123 Credit Card Theft and 53a-128g Receiving Goods Obtained by the Illegal Use of a Credit Card. Bond for these charges was court set at $50,000.00.

 

Also reported by the victim’s employer was another act of embezzlement perpetrated by Shah. In this case, again Shah had used this same company credit card without authorization to make a purchase of $3923.99 under the guise that it was a legitimate piece of computer equipment needed by the company, however he had done so using a fraudulent eBay account over which he had control. Search warrants for records from both eBay and PayPal confirmed that this purchase was fraudulent, that a nonexistent item had been purchased from an eBay account over which Shah had control, and that the funds for the purchase were received from a PayPal account over which Shah also had control. For this incident, an arrest warrant was sought and granted for Shah charging him with 53a-123 Larceny Second Degree (by embezzlement), 53a-124 Larceny Third Degree (by embezzlement) and 53a-128 Receiving Goods Obtained by the Illegal Use of a Credit Card. Bond for these charges was court set at $75,000.00.

 

On Friday August 9, 2019 Jaiman Shah came to police headquarters to turn himself in on these two outstanding warrants for his arrest held by this agency. Shah was able to post these bonds totaling $125,000.00. He is scheduled to be arraigned on these charges at Norwalk Superior Court on the morning of Monday August 19, 2019.

 

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