2021-09-30@10:18pm–#Bridgeport CT– Firefighters are at Dunbar School, 445 Union Avenue for an odor of electrical burning. Firefighters said on the radio there was an electrical explosion here earlier in the day.
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NEWINGTON, CT – SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 — Texting and driving is one of the most dangerous forms of distracted driving. And beginning on October 1, it is about to get more expensive.
Starting October 1, the fines for driving while distracted are:
“Throughout October, there will be a greater effort to cut down on distracted driving,” said Commissioner Joseph Giulietti of the Connecticut Department of Transportation. “State and local police will be increasing enforcement of the distracted driving law – which now carries a much heftier fine for offenders.”
Over the past decade, distracted driving has become one of the leading causes of vehicle crashes on our nation’s roads. At any given moment across America, approximately 660,000 drivers are using or manipulating electronic devices while driving – a number that has held steady for more than a decade. In Connecticut in 2020, there were nearly 5,000 crashes attributed to distracted driving.
“Every time you pick up your phone while driving you are putting your life and the lives of others in danger,” added Giulietti. “Drivers should focus on the most important task: hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.”
Connecticut law prohibits the use of any hand-held mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle. Drivers who are 16 or 17 years of age are prohibited from using a cell phone or mobile device at any time, even with a hands-free accessory.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation urges you to put your phone down when you get behind the wheel. If you need to text, pull over and park your vehicle in a safe place first.
For more information, visit www.distraction.gov.
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2021-09-30@4:45am–#Ansonia CT–On September 30, 2021 at 4:45 A.M., the Ansonia Police Department with the assistance of the Connecticut State Police Emergency Response Team served a search warrant on Fourth Street in Ansonia. During the service of the search warrant a stolen firearm along with drugs and drug paraphernalia were seized at the location. The handgun recovered was reported stolen to the Connecticut State Police Troop A in 2017. The drugs seized were crack cocaine and suboxone.
Zaire Flowers, age 22, of Ansonia was arrested and charged with Theft of a Firearm, 2 counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, 2 counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell, Possession of a Controlled Substance Within 1500 Feet of a School, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Within 1500 Feet of a School. Flowers was held on a $50,000 bond.
2021-09-28@4:27pm–#Bridgeport CT– A man was robbed by 2 black males in what was suppose to be a motor vehicle sale transaction. One of the men was armed with a firearm and robbed the victim of $1,500. Both suspects fled on foot.
8:36pm–Counterfeit money was given in exchange for a A 2019 Kawasaki KX250 green dirt bike on Norland Avenue. Responsible is a black male with braids, wearing a black hat and black hoodie.
BRIDGEPORT POLICE RECOMMEND ANYONE CONDUCTING A PROPERTY TRANSACTION TO CONDUCT IT IN SAFE AREAS SUCH AS IN THE VICINITY OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC BUILDING WHERE PEOPLE AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ARE PRESENT.
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Hartford, CT — Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to take robust action to fix the broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Since borrowers first became eligible for relief in 2017, almost all PSLF applications have been rejected, leaving millions of public servants in the lurch. These teachers, nurses, public interest attorneys, social workers, first responders, servicemembers, and others incurred significant student loan debt in order to gain the skills necessary to educate, heal, and protect our communities – under the promise that a portion of these loans would eventually be forgiven. In the letter, the coalition applauds ED’s commitment to improving implementation of the PSLF program and urges ED to act quickly to fix the failures in the program’s administration.
“We made a promise to our nation’s teachers, nurses, servicemembers and first responders—take on these public service jobs and we will help you pay off your student loans. But this laudable program has been an abject failure and nearly every application has been denied. That’s millions of dollars of aid that has been inexplicably denied to front line public servants across Connecticut and nationwide. I thank Secretary Cardona for this commitment to righting this wrong, and encourage the Department of Education to work quickly to provide immediate relief to those who have been unfairly denied,” said Attorney General Tong.
A bipartisan Congress created the PSLF program in 2007 to encourage student loan borrowers to enter public service jobs in return for forgiving the remaining balance of their federal student loans after ten years of on-time loan payments. When the first wave of borrowers applied for loan forgiveness in 2017, ED denied applicants at the alarming rate of 99 percent. In 2018, a bipartisan Congress gave ED a second chance to deliver on PSLF’s critical promise by creating the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness (TEPSLF) program. Despite this emergency fix, relief continues to be out of reach for nearly all who apply. To date, ED has denied 96% of TEPSLF applications.
Drastic action by ED is required to make the promise of PSLF forgiveness a reality for the nation’s dedicated public servants. State attorneys general have a unique perspective on how to improve administration of PSLF/TEPSLF resulting from their experience investigating and holding student loan servicers accountable for violating the law, including misadministration of the PSLF/TEPSLF program. In the comment letter, the attorneys general urge ED to:
· Provide immediate relief to borrowers who have been harmed by the misadministration of the PSLF/TEPSLF program;
· Improve servicer oversight and accountability by carefully selecting a new servicer that will be responsive to borrowers and creating new incentives and operating procedures that put borrowers first;
· Extend the pause on payments on student loans that started in response to the COVID-19 pandemic;
· Conduct broad outreach to all borrowers potentially interested in forgiveness, including those who have yet to apply and those who have already received denials; and
· Affirmatively correct errors discovered for all affected borrowers.
Attorney General Tong is joined by the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia in filing the letter.
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2021-09-29#11:39pm–#Bridgeport CT– First report of a car hitting a couple parked cars and then a planter in front of an apartment at Fairfield and West Avenue. That intersection is reported closed to traffic. A second separate accident reported at West and Washington Avenue.
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2021-09-29@10:49pm #Bridgeport CT–EMS was dispatched first to 300 Gregory Street for possible stabbing but left without a patient. They were then directed to Lafayette and South Avenue for a second stabbing victim who was with police. EMS was then dispatched back to 300 Gregory for another victim.
2021-09-29@4:37pm–#Stratford CT– Report of an overturned boat in the area of West Beach Drive. The occupant is sitting on the top of the boat waiting for help to arrive according to radio reports.
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2021-09-29@4:22pm–#Bridgeport CT– A pedestrian was struck in the 200 block of Fairfield Avenue between Broad Street and Lafayette Boulevard.
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