On Saturday, 02/26/2022 at approximately 0301 hours, Troop I received emergency 911 calls of a vehicle driving the wrong way on RT 8 southbound near Exit #20. The vehicle was stopped on the RT 8 southbound Exit #22 entrance ramp by Seymour Police Department. The operator was identified as Michael Brown (DOB 02/28/1967). Troopers observed Brown to have glassy and bloodshot eyes. While speaking to Brown, Troopers detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his mouth as he spoke. Troopers administered Standardized Field Sobriety Tests to Brown, which he failed to perform to standard. Brown was placed under arrest for violating C.G.S. 14-227a Operating Under the Influence, C.G.S. 14-237 Driving Wrong Way on Divided Highway, and C.G.S. 14-213 Failure to Carry License. Brown was transported to Troop I in Bethany without incident. Brown was processed and released on a $1,500.00 non-surety bond set by SGT Sawyer #170. Brown is scheduled to appear at GA05 Derby Superior Court on 03/18/2022 at 0900 hours. Brown was released to his brother.
#Bridgeport CT– On February 25, 2022, at approximately 9:30 pm the Bridgeport Emergency Operation Center received reports a male party who walked into an area hospital with a single gunshot wound to the face.
The victim, a 29 year old Bridgeport man, was shot on Turner Street by an unknown assailant(s). Bridgeport P.D. Detectives arrived at Bridgeport Hospital and took charge of the investigation. A crime scene was located within the 100 block of Turner Street where the Identification Unit collected evidence and Detectives conducted follow up interviews. The 29-year-old victim was reported to be in stable condition prior to surgery.
Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact the case officer, Detective Todd Toth, at 203-581-5291 or utilize the Bridgeport Police Tips Line at 203-576-TIPS.This news report is made possible by:
Train Engine Fire2022-02-26@12:53am–#Seymour CT–#MTA–A train engine about 1 1/2 miles south from the Seymour train station is reported to be on fire. There are approximately 40 passengers on the train. This is the engine, not the train. Firefighters on the way. Reported to be near Gabby’s Auto Body on South Main Street. This news report is made possible by:
GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES SECRETARY MELISSA MCCAW TO DEPART THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Melissa McCaw, secretary of the Office of Policy and Management (OPM), has accepted a position with the Town of East Hartford and will depart the Lamont administration on March 11, 2022.
McCaw has served as OPM secretary, Connecticut’s top budget and policy official, since January 2019. She will assume the role of finance director for the Town of East Hartford, where she will work directly with Mayor Mike Walsh to plan and execute annual city budgets, identify strategic goals towards economic development and vitality, and invest in municipal services.
“The past few years have seen an extraordinary turnaround and I am proud of the work we have done together,” Governor Lamont said. “Melissa McCaw is smart and talented, and she has worked with me to restore fiscal sanity to our state, resulting in billions in budget surpluses and a record rainy day fund. She made history as the first woman of color to serve as OPM secretary and has been an advocate for the people of Connecticut. I thank her for her service and wish her nothing but the best in all her future endeavors.”
“I am so proud of all the work we have done together over the last three years – we have accomplished so much for our taxpayers and citizens,” Secretary McCaw said. “I am so grateful to Governor Lamont for his faith in me and for giving me the opportunity to be part of this team and make a difference for our state. We have weathered the pandemic, expanded services, maintained a budget surplus, invested in critical programmatic areas, and paid down our pension liabilities by nearly $2 billion over our annual payments generally without raising taxes. Now, we are in a very strong fiscal position and poised to offer tax relief to Connecticut residents and especially seniors. I am going to miss this work and our great team at the Office of Policy and Management, but I am very excited to start a new role helping to strengthen the municipal finances and town of East Hartford and work with Mayor Walsh, who was an outstanding colleague and partner when I recruited him to join me at OPM as undersecretary of strategic affairs. Mayor Mike is a rare talent, and I am excited to support him in his new role. We are committed to balancing budgets, long-term sustainability, freeing up resources for community investment, and fostering economic development and revitalization. This will be an exciting and rewarding new chapter.”
“I am thrilled to bring a public finance rock star like Melissa McCaw to join our team as finance director for our town,” Mayor Walsh said. “Melissa brings unmatched expertise in managing budgets and reducing debt with a crystal-clear commitment to public policies that invest in infrastructure, improve our public schools, and build the kind of economic climate that helps our entrepreneurs start and grow businesses, and create the jobs of today and tomorrow. I cannot think of a better professional more well suited than Secretary McCaw to help guide our town’s budgets into the future as we position ourselves to help sustain the Hartford region as an economic powerhouse.”
2022-02-25 @5:33pm–#Fairfield CT– #cttraffic Today’s vehicle fire is located on Congress Street near the rest area on the Merritt Parkway. Everyone is out of the vehicle and the car was reported to be fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is ordering all executive branch state office buildings closed to the public on Friday, February 25, 2022, due to the winter storm that is anticipated to impact Connecticut.
The governor is directing that:
All level 2 state employees who are able to telework shall telework for the duration of the storm-related closures; and
All level 2 state employees whose job duties cannot be performed via telework should not report to work in-person.
“Because this snowstorm is expected to have a significant impact on the morning commute, and out of an abundance of caution, we are closing state office buildings for the day on Friday,” Governor Lamont said. “All Level 2 state employees who have been physically reporting to their offices should stay home on Friday. All Level 2 state employees who have been working remotely during the pandemic should continue to work remotely. I strongly encourage everyone in Connecticut to stay off the roads on Friday morning unless absolutely necessary, particularly during the height of the storm so that DOT crews can clear the roads and keep everyone safe.”
Level 2 state employees include all of those who were previously designated as “nonessential” based on their respective job duties, and Level 1 are those who were previously designated as “essential.” The terminology used for these classifications was modified through an executive order issued in 2018.
UPDATE: I spoke with Justin Devellis at News12 and he said he was there for a basketball game earlier. There is a scheduled hockey game tomorrow (now today) so it MIGHT have happened while setting up.
Advanced life-support EMS personnel requested to the scene and Bridgeport Hospital put on trauma alert.
2022-02-24@11:32pm–#Bridgeport CT– A person has a cut over their eye and a broken elbow after a piece of glass from the penalty box at the Arena At Harboryard fell on him according to radio reports. EMS on the way.
2022-02-24 @4:58pm–#Bridgeport CT–#ctfire– Firefighters were called to a home on Laurel Place for a structure fire. The back of the building was fully engulfed when firefighters and they immediately called a second alarm. The fire marshal was called to investigate the cause of the fire.
