Month: February 2022

2022-02-20@6:00pm–#Bridgeport CT– Firefighters on the way to the 2600 block of Fairfield Avenue for a 5 year old who has popcorn stuck in their ear.

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On November 9, 2021, a resident came to the Westport Police Department to report a possible larceny. The complainant stated that on August 13, 2020, he gave a $13,000.00 deposit to Joseph Esposito, Jr. to plant several trees on his property. The work was purportedly never performed and despite multiple requests the deposit was not returned to the complainant.

The officer assigned to this case interviewed Mr. Esposito. Mr. Esposito said that his intention was to honor the contract and that he did take the $13,000.00 to enable him to purchase the trees from the nursery. However, Mr. Esposito could not provide a receipt showing he did in fact buy the trees. Based on the investigation, a warrant for Mr. Esposito’s arrest was completed and signed by a Superior Court Judge.

On the afternoon of February 15, 2022, Mr. Esposito turned himself in at the Westport Police Department. Per the warrant, he was charged with Larceny in the Second Degree. He was released on a Promise to Appear and is scheduled to be arraigned at Stamford Superior Court on February 22, 2022.

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2022-02-20@12:00pm–#Fairfield CT– Today’s vehicle fire is a pickup truck in the middle lane I-95 soutbound between exits 19 and 18.

2022-02-20@10:10am–#Bridgeport CT– #cttraffic– A rollover accident Route 8/25 southbound with injuries.

2022-02-19@11:50pm–#Bridgeport CT– One person was injured and transported to the hospital with unknown injuries after the driver crashed through a chain link fence and came to a rest on the building at 141 French Street.

Fairfield News: Break-In2022-02-19@10:29pm–#Fairfield CT– A Towne House Road resident was home about 3 hours when the discovered a broken window in a bedroom and missing jewelery.

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2022-02-19@11:46am–#Stratford CT– #ctfire– Firefighters on the way to 1111 Stratford Avenue for a pillow on a stove that caught fire and the fire extended to other parts of the kitchen.

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#Bridgeport CT–On February 18, 2022, at approximately 2:00 pm the Bridgeport Emergency Operation Center received reports of shots fired in the 300 block of Park Street.  Police located a crime scene in that area with a vehicle struck by gunfire.  A short time later, the Emergency Operations Center received information that a gunshot wound victim was arriving at an area hospital.  The GSW victim has been identified as a 22-year-old Bridgeport man.  He is listed in stable condition with a non-life-threatening injury.       

The Bridgeport Police Detective Bureau has responded to the scene and are investigating.  Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact the case officer, Detective Jeffrey Holtz, at 203-581-5293 or utilize the Bridgeport Police Tips Line at 203-576-TIPS.

2022-02-18@8:40pm–#Ansonia CT– Report of a person shot in the head on Berkshire Avenue according to radio reports.

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The Bridgeport Police have arrested a 24 year-old woman for a Thanksgiving weekend robbery of an east side liquor store that left the popular manager of the store

seriously injured. 

Melaine Sanchez of Bridgeport was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with Robbery in the First Degree, Assault in the First Degree, Evading Responsibility, Reckless Driving and Driving Under Suspension. Her bond was $250,000. A warrant for her arrest was procured by the department’s Robbery/Burglary Unit.

On Saturday, November 27th, 2021, police were called to Pembroke St. on report of a robbery of the Felix Package store at 874 Boston Ave. Witnesses reported the manager of the store attempted to stop the suspect in the parking lot. They stated the suspect left with the manager hanging onto the hood of the suspect’s car, ran him over when he fell off on Pembroke St., and then fled at a high rate of speed.

The victim suffered a serious leg injury and was transported to Bridgeport Hospital.

The manager has been working at the store for about two decades and is known to many east side residents.

Sanchez was stopped by the Connecticut State Police for a motor vehicle violation on Wednesday. She was taken into custody on the warrant and transported to Bridgeport Police Headquarters for processing. 

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