Month: April 2021

2021-04-17@6:29pm–#Bridgeport CT– One person was extricated in a two car crash at Wells and Capital Avenue.

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2021-04-17@5:23pm–#Milford CT– #ctfire– Firefighters on scene of a two alarm fire in the 300 block of Foxwood Lane. Heavy fire was reported. No reports of any injuries. The fire marshal was called to investigate the cause.

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2021-04-17@4:58pm–#Bridgeport CT– A woman was stabbed in the 300 block of Maplewood Avenue. Police/detectives are investigating. The woman was transported to the hospital.

WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, released the following statement after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a warning about the hazards posed by the popular Peloton Tread+ treadmill:

“Peloton must immediately cooperate with the CPSC to recall its dangerous and deadly treadmill. Amid dozens of incidents of hurt kids and pets – with broken limbs, brain injuries, and death after being pulled underneath the machine – it’s clear that the Peloton Tread+ must be recalled. The company’s attempts to dismiss reports of injury as consumer misuse are irresponsible and inexcusable, as multiple incidents happened with adults using the treadmill according to company instructions. It is unconscionable that Peloton would obstruct the Commission at every step of its investigation given this disturbing evidence about one of its principal products. As Chair of the Consumer Protection Subcommittee, I call on President Biden to swiftly nominate a new CPSC Commissioner to end the deadlock at this important agency for the sake of consumer safety.” 

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The Stratford Library “Books Over Coffee” program continues with an online discussion of Maggie
O’Farrell’s award-winning bestseller, Hamnet, on Wednesday, April 28. The online Zoom program, hosted by
Linda LiDestri, will be held between 12-1 pm. The book talk is free and open to the public.
Drawing on Maggie O’Farrell’s long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare’s
most enigmatic play, Hamnet is a luminous portrait of a marriage and, at its heart, the loss of a beloved child.
Set in Warwickshire in the 1580s during a deadly pandemic, the novel introduces Agnes, a woman as feared as
she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley Street, Stratford, and has
three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, a
victim of the devastating plague of the time. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called “Hamlet”.

Limited reading copies of Hamnet, a New York Times Notable Book for 2020, are available for loan at
the library’s Circulation Desk. All “Books Over Coffee” titles are available at the Library or on Kindle eReaders
for loan. Patrons can also download the eBook or eaudiobook through the OverDrive app at the Library. The
current “Books Over Coffee” schedule through August 2021 is available at the Library.

For further information call the Library at: 203.385-4162 or register online and receive an invitation
link for Hamnet at: https://stratfordlibrary.libcal.com/event/7322147.

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2021-04-17@12:59am–#Bridgeport News: North Avenue is closed in both directions for a car that hit a parked car and rolled on it’s side. The driver was able to get himself out of the vehicle but appeared to have collapsed across the street. He was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.

#Bridgeport CT–On November 21, 2019 Bridgeport Patrol Officers investigated the suspicious missing person complaint of Miguel Afzal DOB 08/26/1997.  The investigation by the Bridgeport Police Homicide Squad revealed that Afzal was last seen with an acquaintance, Luiz Roman DOB 06/09/95, on the same day of his disappearance.

On December 8, 2019 investigators coordinated a search of the abandoned Remington site located along Barnum Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  Afzal’s body was located within one of the abandoned buildings.

On December 9, 2019 the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner declared Afzal’s death a homicide; caused by a gunshot wound to the head. 

The criminal investigation was led by Bridgeport Police Detective Martin Heanue and the Homicide Squad.  Assistance was also provided by the BPD Identification Unit, the Connecticut State Police K9 Unit, and members of the FBI. 

On April 8, 2021 Detective Winkler and US Marshal’s Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force Detective Roscoe traveled to Ohio to arrest Luiz ROMAN on an outstanding arrest warrant. 

On April 9, 2021 the aforementioned Detectives took custody of ROMAN at the Lorain County Ohio Correctional Facility, placed him under arrest, and transported him back to Bridgeport Connecticut.  Luiz Roman DOB 08/09/1995 was charged with Murder 53a-54a.  Bond is set at $1,000,000.00.

2021-04-16@1:40pm–#Bridgport CT– #cttraffic– Firefighters gain access to a driver in a car on the Route 8/25 on ramp (northbound) at Chopsey Hill and North Avenue who was found unconscious. The driver was transported to the hospital.

2021-04-15@10:05pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police were called for an assault with a dangerous weapon on Gregory Street. Unknown what type of weapon used but detectives are on the scene investigating.

Police said initial reports indicate that around 2111hrs near the 200th block of Carlson st, a call for a domestic family incident lead to a family member and an officer being bitten by a suspect. The Police officer was transported to the hospital for a non life threatening injury. The suspect was arrested without further incidence. Unknown where the officer or victim was bitten.

2021-04-15@10:01pm–#Bridgeport CT– A Bridgeport Police Officer was injured with unknown injuries while at an assault call at Carlson Avenue. The extent of the injuries is not known at this time.