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Bridgeport News: Man Arrested In Home Invasion

Here is the police report on the story we reported LIVE as it was happening!

 

(Bridgeport, CT – May 22, 2014) – Police arrested a city man in connection with an incident in which he held two people at gunpoint in their home.

 

At 12:30 a.m. today, Officers Ean Smith, David Uliano and Mathew Szymczak responded to 1019 Kossuth St. on an unlawful restraint complaint. Officers spoke with the victims’ son who stated his parents were being held inside by someone armed with a shotgun.

 

Additional units responded and set up a perimeter. At that point, a 69-year-old man emerged from the front of the house. He was determined to be one of the victims and was escorted to safety.

 

Police entered the house and did not locate a suspect. Officers did locate the victim’s wife, 60, who also was unharmed, on the first floor. As that was transpiring, Uliano reported hearing noises in the rear yard and followed them in the direction of Park Street. He detained a suspect, Terrence Simpson, 32, and the victims provided a description.

 

The male victim stated that he answered a knock at the door and, when he opened it, the suspect pushed his way in armed with a shotgun. The suspect told the victims that he had been robbed of $240 and an iPad and stated he was told that the person responsible lived in “this yellow house.” The house that he entered is white.

 

The suspect had both victims sit on the sofa. When they stated that they were not responsible for the robbery, the suspect instructed them to call their son.  After the conversation, the son contacted police.   Uliano subsequently recovered a 12-gauge shotgun behind 369 Park St. and a subsequent search by other officers led to other items of clothing that the victims said the suspect wore.

 

Simpson faces charges of home invasion, first-degree burglary, criminal possession of a firearm, first-degree threatening, second-degree criminal trespass and breach of peace. His bond was set at $250,000

 

Fairfield News: 2 Crashes close roads

6:10pm–#Fairfield CT– First responders have been busy with two back to back crashes.  The first was a single vehicle crash into a utility pole at Westport Turnpike at Treasure Road.

The second crash happened moments later at New England Avenue at Meadow Street in front of Ganim’s Garden Supply between an SUV and a Optimum Installation Truck.  The driver of the SUV along with 2 children and one infant were shaken up from the crash.  A second ambulance was dispatched to the scene.  Witnesses told me the truck crossed New Meadow Street into the SUV which had no stop sign.  Police are investigating.

 

Woman Arrested After Exposing Herself

 

(Bridgeport, CT – May 20, 2014) – Police arrested a woman who was allegedly exposing herself on Park Avenue Monday.

Officer Jeffrey Long  responded to a shoplifting complaint Monday at 2:19 p.m. He also was informed that the suspect was exposing her breasts to passing motorists and patrons of the Park Avenue business.

When Long arrived, Officer Fernando Oquendo had the woman in custody. Police learned that the woman, Sara Cox, 26, had been exposing herself outside the business. She then entered the business and took a beverage without paying. She proceeded back outside and continued to expose herself.

She was charged with sixth-degree larceny, interfering with police, breach of peace, and criminal mischief.

House Committee Passes Portion of Rail Safety Enforcement Act

 

 

WASHINGTON, DC—A portion of the Rail Safety Enforcement Act was included in the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development funding bill that passed the House Appropriations Committee today. The legislation was introduced earlier this month by Connecticut Representatives Rosa DeLauro, who serves on the Committee, Jim Himes and Elizabeth Esty, and New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney.

 

The language directs the Federal Railroad Administration to provide a progress report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the status of railroad compliance with the Positive Train Control (PTC) requirement. Congress has already required PTC on 60,000 miles of railroad tracks by the end of next year. The language simply asks for transparency on the implementation of that technology.

 

“We want to thank the Chairman and Ranking Member for including this language from the Rail Safety Enforcement Act in the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development funding bill,” the four representatives said. “Congress should be doing everything in its power to keep our nation’s commuters safe, and installing positive train control is a critical first step towards preventing more tragic accidents. We look forward to working with our colleagues to ensure this provision, and the rest of the Rail Safety Enforcement Act, becomes law.”

 

The provision is as follows: Positive train control.—Section 104 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act required the implementation of positive train control systems on railroads by December 31, 2015.  The Committee directs FRA to provide a progress report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 180 days of enactment on the status of railroad compliance with positive train control requirements included in section 20157 of title 49, United States Code.

 

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