2020-05-20@12:50am–#Bridgeport CT– Police, along with citizens and shot-spotter call for shots fired in the 400 block of Hollister Avenue. So far no one or anything reported hit. All hospitals checking clear of gunshot victims.
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2020-05-19–#Bridgeport– This morning a citizen on Hewitt Street called police to report he found a 3-year-old child. Westport K-9 assisted in an attempted reverse track to locate the child’s residence but was unsuccessful. It wasn’t clear if the child was wandering or if was dropped off. The child was transported to Bridgeport Hospital and Department of Children and Families were notified.
At this time police still have not been notified of any missing children. The child is described as Hipsanic male, long hair wearing a red Champion sweatshirt, red pants with black/green sneakers.
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2020-05-19@3:50pm–#Bridgeport CT– #cttraffic– A crash on I-95 northbound near exit 27.
1:28pm–#Fairfield CT– A excavator overturned on Unquowa Road and the driver was injured and transported to the hospital by EMS. The excavator is leaking fuel into the ground and will continue to leak until uprighted.
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Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais and Economic Development Commissioner David Lehman today reminded businesses of the importance of checking to make sure their insurance coverage accurately reflects any changed circumstances as they move to comply with Governor Ned Lamont’s reopening guidelines.
“The pandemic has already caused undue hardship to families and businesses and further risk to public health and to businesses should be kept to a minimum,” said Commissioner Mais. “Business owners should verify that the coverage they have is still right for them, and that they are prepared both for reopening and for hazards like the upcoming hurricane season.”
“The Governor and Reopen Connecticut are instituting a thoughtful reopening schedule with the safety and security of the public, said DECD Commissioner Lehman. “I’d like to thank all the businesses and their employees who are working so hard during this extremely difficult economic time. We are all committed to safely reopen all businesses as soon as possible.”
The Department strongly encourages businesses or residents who have questions or concerns regarding their insurance coverage during the phased reopening of businesses to reach out to their insurance agent, broker, or carrier.
The first phase of the State’s scheduled reopening begins on May 20. Reopen Connecticut and the DECD have released Guidance and a list of the types of businesses eligible to reopen on May 20. Please note: All businesses subject to these guidelines are required to self-certify at the Business Reopening and Recovery Center for the State of Connecticut prior to opening May 20th. The certification system is available online.
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#Hartford, CT – Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of 18 attorneys general filing a friend of the court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending due process rights of immigrant detainees who have been unlawfully denied bond.
The brief supports the petitioners in Pereira Brito v. Barr, who sued the Board of Immigration Appeals to block unlawful bond hearing procedures that have resulted in the indefinite detention of many immigrants with no meaningful legal recourse. A Massachusetts District Court in 2019 found the BIA policy violated the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act and entered a permanent injunction. The attorneys general urge the appeals court to uphold that decision.
The petitioners represent a class of immigrants in contested removal proceedings who do not have serious criminal histories. While federal law states that each detainee is entitled to an individualized bond hearing before an immigration judge, many have been denied release even though they present no flight risk or threat to the community.
The unlawful Board of Immigration Appeals policy places the burden of proof on the individual detainees to show they are not a risk, rather than requiring the government to show evidence of such risk. With many lacking legal representations, few immigrant detainees are able to successfully overcome this unconstitutional barrier and as a result remain detained indefinitely, separated from their families and employment.
“If the government wants to detain someone and separate them from their family and employment, the government needs clear and convincing evidence that a person is either dangerous or a flight risk. That’s not what is happening in our immigration courts, and that is inflicting permanent trauma on families across Connecticut and nationwide. The district court rightly blocked the BIA’s unconstitutional violation of due process, and the appellate court should uphold the decision,” said Attorney General Tong.
The attorneys general from California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington joined the coalition led by Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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2020-05-18@11:33pm–#Bridgeport CT– Firefighters were called to 985 Fairfield Avenue for smoke in the building which was more than likely the trash chute smoldering. Firefighters took care of it in minutes.
2020-05-18@5:55pm–#Fairfield CT– First responders on the scene of a two-car crash with injuries at Tunxis Hill and Villa Avenue.
2020-05-18@5:00pm–#Bridgeport CT–#cttraffic– A crash on Route 8/25 northbound near exit 5 has traffic snarled.
