Month: March 2023

Fairfield News: Firefighters Battle A Large Brush Fire

2023-03-21@4:20pm–#Fairfield CT– Firefighters spent a couple of hours battling a brush fire off Greenfield Street. The wind kept spreading the fire but the firefighters were able to contain it and eventually knocked out all the hotspots. Assistant Chief George Gomola said the drone was instrumental in locating the hotspots.

Bridgeport News: Suspicious Death

#Bridgeport CT–On March 21, 2023, at approximately 10:15am the Bridgeport Emergency Operations Center received reports of suspicious activity in the area of North Avenue & Clinton Avenue.

Responding Patrol Officers canvassed the area on foot and ultimately located an unresponsive male laying inside a garage within the 900 block of Clinton Avenue. Medical personnel responded and pronounced the person deceased. The deceased man appears to be homeless and has not yet been identified. Injuries to his body are suspicious. The Patrol Division requested the Detective Bureau respond to the scene.

The Detective Bureau has taken charge of the investigation with the Identification Unit currently processing the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death. The investigation continues.

Anyone with information about this incident is requested to contact Detective Thomas Harper at 203-581-5239 or utilize the Bridgeport Police Tips Line at 203-576-TIPS.

COALITION URGING KIA AND HYUNDAI FOR SWIFTER ACTION TO PROTECT VEHICLE OWNERS, PUBLIC SAFETY

(Hartford, CT) — Attorney General Tong, along with a nationwide coalition of 23 attorneys general, is calling on Kia America (Kia) and Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) to take swift and comprehensive action to help remedy the crisis of car thefts that has occurred due to the companies’ failure to equip vehicles with anti-theft immobilizers. Alarmingly high theft rates for Kia and Hyundai models continue across the country, including several instances in Connecticut.

As the attorneys general note in the letter, Kia and Hyundai chose not to include anti-theft immobilizers as standard equipment on several vehicle models sold in the United States during a period when every other car manufacturer was doing so, and even though the same Kia and Hyundai vehicles were equipped with immobilizers when sold in Canada and Europe.

“Kia and Hyundai failed to equip its vehicles with industry-standard anti-theft technology, and its customers are now paying a steep price. These cars are now disproportionately targeted by thieves at rates so high some insurers are refusing to cover them. Kia and Hyundai need to make this right—quickly, and without nickel and diming their customers,” said Attorney General Tong.

An anti-theft immobilizer is an electronic device which prevents a car from being hot-wired and stolen by someone who doesn’t have the key.

Kia and Hyundai recently announced a campaign to provide software upgrades for some of the affected vehicle models. But the attorneys general point out in the letter that the announcement “is long overdue and still not enough.” The attorneys general urge the companies “to do everything in your power to accelerate the implementation of the software upgrade and to provide free alternative protective measures for all those owners whose cars cannot support the software upgrade.”

COALITION URGING KIA AND HYUNDAI FOR SWIFTER ACTION TO PROTECT VEHICLE OWNERS, PUBLIC SAFETY

(Hartford, CT) — Attorney General Tong, along with a nationwide coalition of 23 attorneys general, is calling on Kia America (Kia) and Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) to take swift and comprehensive action to help remedy the crisis of car thefts that has occurred due to the companies’ failure to equip vehicles with anti-theft immobilizers. Alarmingly high theft rates for Kia and Hyundai models continue across the country, including several instances in Connecticut.

As the attorneys general note in the letter, Kia and Hyundai chose not to include anti-theft immobilizers as standard equipment on several vehicle models sold in the United States during a period when every other car manufacturer was doing so, and even though the same Kia and Hyundai vehicles were equipped with immobilizers when sold in Canada and Europe.

“Kia and Hyundai failed to equip its vehicles with industry-standard anti-theft technology, and its customers are now paying a steep price. These cars are now disproportionately targeted by thieves at rates so high some insurers are refusing to cover them. Kia and Hyundai need to make this right—quickly, and without nickel and diming their customers,” said Attorney General Tong.

An anti-theft immobilizer is an electronic device which prevents a car from being hot-wired and stolen by someone who doesn’t have the key.

Kia and Hyundai recently announced a campaign to provide software upgrades for some of the affected vehicle models. But the attorneys general point out in the letter that the announcement “is long overdue and still not enough.” The attorneys general urge the companies “to do everything in your power to accelerate the implementation of the software upgrade and to provide free alternative protective measures for all those owners whose cars cannot support the software upgrade.”

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Bridgeport News: WANTED

TOMAS ELIAS LAPORTE / MALE / WHITE-HISPANIC, 48 YEARS OF AGE DOB: 09/23/1974

HEIGHT 5’10”, WEIGHT 180 lbs., HAIR BLACK, EYES BROWN

KNOWN TO FREQUENT THE WEST SIDE OF BRIDGEPORT

Is wanted for Assault in the 1st Degree with a Firearm. The incident occurred on March 8, 2023, on the West Side of Bridgeport CT.

The above should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS. Immediately call 911 with any information and follow up with the case officer, Detective Arturo Calvao, at 203 581-5215

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