Month: October 2019

Moore For Mayor Campaign HQ Broken Into According To Press Releasae

Bridgeport, Ct – Oct 7, between approximately 5:30pm - 6:45pm, the Moore for Mayor campaign office at 360 Fairfield Avenue was broken into. Campaign staff discovered the break-in and called 911 last night. A Patrol officer was dispatched to the campaign office and took a statement. This break-in is not the first attempt to disrupt and scare this campaign.   On August 30th at a Marilyn For Mayor campaign fundraiser with over 100 people in attendance, Bridgeport PD received an “anonymous” call claiming, “ two white men, armed and wearing masks,” had entered the fundraiser at Port 5. Eight police cars swarmed the restaurant, yet there was no sign of men fitting that description. To date, Marilyn Moore has not…

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Silver Alert

A Silver Alert has been issued for Sokombi Mwilambwe, who described as a 29 year-old, female who is 5’-5” tall, 220 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.  She was last seen wearing black top with a gray sweater and black pants with a white bag and black suitcase.  She was last seen on October 4, 2019, on Water Street in Norwalk.    She suffers from mental health issues and is endangered.  Anyone with any information about her whereabouts or who observes her is asked to contact the Norwalk Police Department at 203-854-3114 or dial 911. (Norwalk Police Press Release)  

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Stratford Cops Need Your Help

On 9-8-2019, Sunday, the pictured male entered  the Stratford Walmart, 150 Barnum Ave.  at 8:26 p.m. , He shoplifted approximately $1000.00 in clothing, toys and power tools.  He left the scene on a vehicle bearing a Vermont license plate. He is approximately 35-40 years old, slender, 5'-9", beard, and long dread locks. He is wearing a blue sweat jacket with white stripes down the arms. Fatigue pants, dark sneakers with white soles. Tips can be directed to:  Detective Sean Gallagher   Stratford Police Department   Direct: 203-385-4142  

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Blumenthal Statement On Vintage Aircraft

HARTFORD, CT) – Today, in a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen Dickson, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, highlighted concerns and questioned the agency’s safety inspection requirements for vintage planes. On October 2, 2019, a vintage Boeing B-17G, owned by the Collings Foundation (Collings), crashed at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut resulting in the loss of at least seven lives and multiple injuries. A previously unreleased FAA document from March 2018 revealed the FAA granted Collings’ petition to extend and amend Exemption No. 6540 – allowing the organization to carry passengers on its vintage aircraft for compensation to defray the cost of operating and maintaining its planes. However, it…

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