2021-07-14@11:50pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police confirmed a tip from our news warrior that two people walked in to the emergency room at St. Vincent’s Hospital with graze wounds from gunfire to the head. They said it occurred on upper Main Street near the gas station ne Overland Avenue.
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2021-07-15@9:50am–#Norwalk CT– First responders called to the ladies room at Veteran’s Park for a woman who had her earbuds break off in her ear according to radio reports.
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Hartford, CT)– Attorney General William Tong today praised a final decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority imposing a $29 million civil penalty against Eversource for its failure to meet its obligations to ratepayers in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias.
“Eversource failed its customers and put Connecticut families at risk. Their response to Tropical Storm Isaias was unacceptable, and PURA is right to impose severe penalties. This penalty will be paid rightfully by the company and its shareholders—not ratepayers. Eversource has much work to do to regain our trust, and we will be holding them accountable at every step along the way,” said Attorney General Tong.
Attorney General Tong advocated for the maximum allowed statutory civil penalty against Eversource.
In his brief to PURA filed on February 5, 2021 addressing Eversource’s Tropical Storm Isaias failures, Attorney General Tong argued that Eversource: 1) was imprudently unprepared to communicate with its customers during the Tropical Storm Isaias emergency; 2) imprudently administered the Make Safe phase of the storm response related to road clearing; and 3) ineffectively implemented its town liaison program during the critical early days of the public safety emergency. PURA correctly concluded that Eversource failed to comply with the applicable performance and prudence standards for each of these fundamental areas of storm preparedness and response.
Attorney General Tong intervened last August on behalf of Connecticut ratepayers in PURA’s investigation into the response by both Eversource and United Illuminating to Tropical Storm Isaias. At the urging of Attorney General Tong, PURA agreed to open a contested case and prudence review—legal proceedings that enable the Attorney General to make the strongest possible claims on behalf of ratepayers and the state, to seek fines, penalties and injunctive relief, and to oppose the utilities’ requests for profits and reimbursement of storm-related costs. PURA has robust authority as the state’s principal regulator and the legal forum to investigate and pursue such claims against state utilities.
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(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today led a 17-state coalition with New York Attorney General Letitia James calling on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to take stronger measures to protect children while traveling in car seats. NHTSA is the federal agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation that regulates child car seats.
In a letter sent to NHTSA and the Department of Transportation today, the coalition asks NHTSA to implement side-impact testing standards for child car seats as quickly as possible, after 20 years of delay that has unacceptably endangered children’s safety. The coalition further urges NHTSA to require that all child car seat labels include clear, concise language conveying a principle that all child car safety experts (including NHTSA) endorse—that every child remain in his or her current seat until exceeding its height or weight maximum.
“I’ve buckled my kids into their car seats more times than I can count, and each time I did so trusting that they were in the safest place they could be. NHTSA has an obligation to every parent nationwide to adopt clear, strong standards that keep our children safe on the roads. Families cannot wait another 20 years for NHTSA to finally act,” said Attorney General Tong.
Congress first called upon NHTSA to adopt side-impact standards for child car seats in 2000. Over 20 years later, there are still no such standards. Manufacturers do conduct their own side-impact testing (and often advertise those efforts prominently), but without federal standards, consumers cannot trust this testing to keep their children safe. Few consumers realize that side-impact testing is not currently regulated by NHTSA or any other government entity. As a result, they may misplace their trust in manufacturers’ claims about side-impact testing, assuming that government regulators have imposed minimum requirements on those claims when they have not done so.
Side-impact crashes cause almost as many child injuries and deaths as frontal-impact crashes. And side-impact crashes are more likely than other types of crashes to cause serious or fatal injuries.
The coalition of 17 states also urges NHTSA to implement labeling standards that encourage parents to delay the transition to the next car seat for as long as possible depending upon the height and weight limits of the product. There are currently three major categories of car seats—rear-facing seats with a five-point harness, forward-facing seats with a five-point harness, and booster seats used in conjunction with a traditional lap and shoulder seat belt. Determining which seat is appropriate for a child depends on the height and weight limits for the seat in question, as well as the child’s development and maturity level. Experts (including NHTSA) universally agree that children should delay transition to the next seat in the progression for as long as possible, until they exceed their current seat’s height or weight limits.
Encouraged by marketing from car seat manufacturers, parents and children may be understandably eager to move up to the next seat in the progression as soon as children meet the minimum threshold for the next seat—needlessly exposing children to heightened risk of injury in car crashes. The coalition urges NHTSA to require that car seat manufacturers add clear guidance that is readily available to consumers indicating that keeping your child in his car seat until he reaches the maximum height or weight limit is the recommended, safest option.
“Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children aged 1 to 13. Almost 5,000 children under 15 have died in car crashes from 2015 to 2019, which equates to about 19 children each week over that time period. Since their introduction in the 1970s, child car seats have significantly reduced the risk of injury to children, and numerous technological advances have made them safer over the years. NHTSA shares credit in this success, but as the data shows, there is still room for improvement. And one such area in need of improvement is making sure that parents use the most appropriate car seat given their child’s weight, height, and age,” the letter states.
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2021-07-15@12:39am–#Stratford CT– St. Joseph Church at 1300 Stratford Road received heavy flooding right down to the basement. Firefighters had to shut the main water valve off to stop the flooding.
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2021-07-14@9:11pm–#Bridgeport CT– #cttraffic– Route 8/25 northbound at exit 1 blocking traffic. Injuries reported.,
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Bridgeport, CT – The City of Bridgeport and Animal Control have been notified that a bat in the residence of the Brooklawn area has tested positive for rabies.
Bridgeport Animal Control officials advise residents to proceed with caution when coming in contact with stray and wild animals. If you come in contact with any wildlife that you fear may be rabid, do not approach. Watch out for unusual animal behaviors such as:
If you find a bat in your home, do not approach or try to rid the bat yourself. Call Bridgeport Animal Control.
Report any unusual animal behavior to Bridgeport’s Animal Control Office at 203-576-7671. For more information on rabies vector species, visit cdc.gov/rabies/
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#Bridgeport CT– Last night, the city of Bridgeport held a Zoom meeting of resources available to the city. One that stood out to me was Project Longevity, headed by retired Bridgeport Police Detective Harold Dimbo. When I heard the name, I noticed it sounded like it would be regarding retaining Bridgeport police officers (which is badly needed). What Project Longevity is, according to their about us page at https://www.project-longevity.org/about_us , “is a Community and Law Enforcement initiative to reduce serious violence”. Mr. Dimbo’s explanation in the Zoom meeting speaks volumes on HOW they reduce serious violence and I wanted to share it with you. Maybe the program can be expanded.
I’ll paraphrase what he said from this point forward. Mr. Dimbo said Project Longevity works for the community to police themselves. He continued that what has been happening in the past is that a person that gets arrested and locked up, is typically released with no job. What they saw was a band-aid being put on with no long term effort to break the cycle.
They began working with kids at risk and their families and work to move them in a positive direction. They’ve worked with them to find job training like tractor-trailer training, culinary, and other skills. They work with housing to attain Section 8 Housing vouchers for anyone who has a job and maintains that job for six months or more. They have organized support groups among mothers with like issues with their at risk children. Dimbo continued that this is not law enforcement driven. They are not there to make arrests but to find them help.
Dimbo rightfully bragged about people he has worked with in the past, like a person that was shot, been in and out of jail a number of times and how he now has turned it around with Project Longevity’s help and now has his Master’s degree. Others got their tractor-trailer license and are now buying homes. Another person in the project learned welding and turned in his section 8 voucher because he was making too much money and he turned the voucher in to help others in the program.
The Norwalk Police Activities League (PAL) announces applications are available
for their 2021 Public Safety Scholarships. Up to two $2500 scholarships to be
awarded.
All Norwalk residents currently attending high school are eligible to apply.
Applicants must be a graduating senior in good standing and plan to attend an
accredited college or university in 2021, majoring in a Public Safety field.
Requirements include: A minimum 3.0 Grade Point Average. A letter of
acceptance from an accredited college or university. Current high school
transcript addressed to PAL. Three letters of recommendation. An essay on why
the student is choosing a course of study in a Public Safety related field.
Applications are available at the Norwalk Police Department front desk as well as
on the Norwalk PAL website (www.norwalkpal.org). Applications must be
received by August 2, 2021. For more information contact Deputy Chief Susan
Zecca at 203-854-3053 or szecca@norwalkct.org.
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#Fairfield CT– #Westport CT– On March 2, 2019, at approximately 9:45 p.m., Westport Police officers responded to the
area of Post Road East at Westfair Drive to assist the Fairfield Police Department with a motor
vehicle stop that had been made in Westport. The vehicle in question was stopped because it
was alleged that the occupants had purchased merchandise at stores in Darien, CT using
counterfeit currency. Suspected counterfeit currency was in fact located in the car and the four
occupants were arrested by the Darien Police. One of the parties arrested that evening was
identified as Shelton Petit-Brun.
In addition to the suspected counterfeit money, merchandise from a Westport store was
also located during the car stop. This led officers to believe that these individuals possibly
passed counterfeit money in Westport in addition to Darien. Upon further investigation, it was
discovered that the suspects did visit a Westport store and purportedly made a purchase with a
counterfeit $100.00 bill. Therefore, an arrest warrant was sought and granted for Shelton Petit-
Brun as well as the other three other suspects as it was believed that all four had been working
together.
On the morning of July 9, 2021, Mr. Petit-Brun was taken into custody by Westport
detectives. Per the warrant, he was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First
Degree and Conspiracy to Commit Larceny in the Sixth Degree. Mr. Petit-Brun was held on a
$5,000.00 bond and transported to Stamford Superior Court later that same morning for his
arraignment.
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