Month: February 2020

Bridgeport News: Drug and Firearm Arrest

#Bridgeport CT--At 4:58pm  Tuesday, February 18, 2020, the Bridgeport Emergency Communications Center received a call from a citizen reporting suspicious parties in a building in the 2200th block of Main Street. Upon arrival, the Bridgeport Police came across two men in an apartment later identified as Ta’Ron Pharr and Jaylen Wilson. As police began their questioning Pharr ran out of the apartment and after a short foot pursuit was apprehended. On his person was drug paraphernalia and during the pursuit, the officers recovered a firearm that Pharr had tossed. Wilson was arrested at the building with no incident.   Charges: Ta’Ron Pharr DOB 9/23/1999 of Bridgeport-  53a-107 - CRIM TRESPASS 1 1 53a-167a - INTRFERE/RESIST 1 21a-278(a)+ - POSS W/INTENT …

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Blumenthal Heading To Puerto Rico

HARTFORD, CT– On Thursday, February 20 at 10 AM at the Greater Hartford Puerto Rican Day Parade Office in Hartford, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) will be touring Puerto Rico on Friday and Saturday to assess damage and hear from officials regarding recovery efforts following hurricanes Maria and Irma and the series of earthquakes over recent months, in particular the impacts the natural disasters have had upon the children of Puerto Rico.   Blumenthal will thank Yale-New Haven Health Northeast Medical Group physicians and staff who organized a humanitarian trip to Puerto Rico to deliver medical supplies. Americares has collaborated with physicians to transport these essential supplies.   This press release is made possible by:

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Tong Defends Immigrant Driver’s Licenses

Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of 14 states today, authoring an amicus brief defending the right of states to keep their roads safe by issuing driver’s licenses to residents regardless of federal immigration status. The case involves a challenge to New York’s Green Light Law by Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns. New York’s law, passed last June, authorizes the issuance of driver’s licenses to state residents without regard to immigration status. The partisan challenge wrongly claims that federal immigration law preempts New York’s state authority to issue those licenses. The brief, filed by states that similarly offer licenses regardless of immigration status, argues that issuing and regulating personal driving credentials is a traditional and effective exercise of…

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Senator Bradley On Upcoming Legislative Session

Hold on to your wallet, the Connecticut legislators are back in session. Senator Dennis Bradley took time to tell the DoingItLocal viewers what he finds to be important items in the upcoming session. He’s excited that there is a solid proposal to bring a casino and sports betting to Bridgeport. As a pastor’s son he believes that adults can make up their own minds on whether to immunize their children. He also thinks that tolls is just another way to tax the middle class. Before you comment, make sure you watch the video on why he thinks this way!

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