Bridgeport News: Car Crashes Into Electrical Box
1:26am--#Bridgeport CT--Report of a car crashing into a electrical box in the 200 block of Palisades Avenue. Reports say the car is smoking but uncertain what it is smoking......
Bridgeport News: TV Arching and Smoking
1:03am--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on the way to 97 Velvet Street where there is a TV arching and smoking.
Westport Police Department Announces Upcoming Promotions
On Thursday, June 12, 2014 the Westport Police Department will promote five officers. The ceremony will take place at 3:00 P.M. in the Westport Police Department classroom. These promotions come after several months of competitive testing and will fill vacancies in rank created through retirements. To be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant: Sergeant Ryan Paulsson was hired in December 2000 and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 2012. Sergeant Paulsson was the department’s Bloodhound handler for 10 years and has supervised the K9 Unit since 2010. Officer Paulsson serves as a tactical officer with the Southwest Regional Emergency Response Team, member of the Westport Police/Fire Dive-Rescue Team and the Marine Division. He is a…
GOV. MALLOY: CONNECTICUT MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING GLOBAL WARMING
Report from DEEP Shows Decline in Carbon Emissions (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy said that Connecticut is making significant progress in reducing statewide emissions of harmful greenhouse gases (GHGs) to meet requirements set in state law, citing a report issued today by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) that details the state’s progress toward meeting the statutory mandate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020, and 80% below 2001 levels by 2050. The report, required under Connecticut’s 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act (Public Act 08-98), demonstrates that Connecticut is clearly on a trajectory to meet the 2020 mandate much sooner than that date and is putting programs in place…
Motor vehicle accident on the Merritt
2:31pm--#cttraffic -- Report of a motor vehicle accident by exit 52 Southbound on the Merritt Parkway.
Fairfield Police Investigate 2 Possible Abductions of Women
©2014 DoingItLocal.com NOT for broadcast, you must contact us first for conditions. #Fairfield CT--Fairfield Police investigated two reported abductions of women withing an hour between calls. The first call was around 8:30pm when a mother called police that her daughter went out on a jog and was missing. A short time later the mom called police that another family member received a call from the victim that she was confused and did not know where she was. She then reported that her assailant made her cut her face, not a stabbing as reported by other media. The victim was treated by AMR while Fairfield's K-9 Ruger and Officer Kevin Wells tracked the suspect in the wooded area behind Fairfield University…
Bridgeport News: Stabbing on Pleasantview Avenue
2:24pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A woman was stabbed by her aunt at 191 Pleasantview Avenue.
Bridgeport News: Police Investigate Serious Shooting
(Bridgeport, CT -- June 5, 2014) -- Detectives are investigating a serious shooting that happened this morning at approximately 11:30 a.m. near the corner of Beechwood Avenue and Norman Street. Police have a tentative identification on the victim, who is believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s. Detective are working to confirm his identity, so the name is not being released at this time. Detectives are being told by medical staff that he is expected to survive. He appears to have been shot multiple times in the head and chest. The investigation remains in its early stages.
New Haven News: Pedestrian Struck
1:41pm--#New Haven CT-- Report of a pedestrian struck at 130 crown street. First responders are on the scene.
Bridgeport News: Shooting on Beechwood
11:54am--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of shots fired on Beechwood Ave. A white car was involved, and has since fled the scene.