One shot
Report of one person shot at Boston ave, near Kossuth st. by the Citgo gas station. According to unconfirmed radio reports it was one person shot in the side who is being transported to a local hospital.
MALE PARTY FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
At approximately 3:20pm, Bridgeport Police and Fire responded to the area of Beardsley Park Terrace and Noble Avenue to report of a male party unconscious. Upon arrival, the Fire Department successfully performed CPR and the male party was transported to Bridgeport Hospital, alive. There is no further information available at this time, and the Department is investigating.
AG WARNS CT CONSUMERS AGAINST UNREGULATED CRYPTO
ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG WARNS CONNECTICUT CONSUMERS AGAINST UNREGULATED OVERSEAS DECENTRALIIZED FINANCE (DEFI) CRYPTO EXCHANGES (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today issued a comprehensive consumer alert warning Connecticut residents about the significant financial and security risks associated with unregulated, offshore "decentralized finance" (DeFi) cryptocurrency exchanges. Operating outside of state and federal regulatory frameworks, these platforms, including GMX, Gains Network, dYdX, Aevo, Drift Protocol, Vertex Protocol, and Hyperliquid, bypass critical consumer protections and expose retail investors to substantial financial losses, predatory leverage, and serious security risks. "These platforms are built to lure investors in with promises of easy access and bigger returns. What they don't advertise is that if something goes wrong, investors will be stranded with little to no…
How Bridgeport Public Schools Prepared for the Year
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — While students were away for summer break, teams across Bridgeport Public Schools worked to prepare for the 2026-2027 school year through teacher recruitment, facility improvements, instructional planning, and operational enhancements. “We had a lot of work in front of us this summer, and our people stepped up,” said Interim Superintendent Dr. Royce Avery. “Whether it was hiring teachers, preparing our buildings, strengthening instruction or improving our systems, the focus was the same: doing better for our students.” Teacher recruitment remained a top priority. The district reduced more than 80 teacher vacancies to 21, including just one remaining Special Education vacancy, through aggressive hiring efforts and summer interview events. Building Operations teams completed projects across the district, including…
BRIDGEPORT POLICE ARREST MAN INVOLVED IN HIT-AND-RUN
On March 19, 2025, at approximately 9:42 a.m., the Bridgeport Emergency Operations Center received multiple calls reporting a pedestrian had been struck at the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Ellsworth Street. American Medical Response, Bridgeport Fire Engine 7, and Bridgeport Police Officers were dispatched to the location. Officers were advised that the responsible SUV had fled the scene. Upon arrival, Bridgeport Police Officers observed a female pedestrian lying face down in the eastbound lane at the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Ellsworth Street. American Medical Response and Bridgeport Fire Engine 7 personnel arrived and rendered aid. The female was subsequently transported by American Medical Response to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition. The pedestrian was identified…
BPD AND FBI TASK FORCES SEIZE LARGE QUANTITY OF DRUGS
Bridgeport Police Task force Officers, in conjunction with Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Tasks Force Officers, seized a large quantity of illegal narcotics from an East Side stash house on Wednesday night. In a stash house on Ohio Avenue in Bridgeport, officers and detectives found 1,555.82 grams of fentanyl pills, 209.19 grams of cocaine, 2.4 grams of heroin, and 1,704.08 grams of marijuana. They also found a press used for compressing powdered narcotics into kilograms, as well as other narcotics packaging equipment and materials in that house. Officers and detectives also executed a search warrant at the Morales Market at Kossuth Street and Jane Street in Bridgeport on Wednesday night, as well at two locations in Shelton. No evidence…
DEATH OF WOMAN FOUND IN BURNED OUT CAR DEEMED SUICIDE
The State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled the death of a woman found in a burned car in Bridgeport on Thursday a suicide. The manner of death was thermal injuries. The findings were determined after an autopsy was performed at in OCME in Farmington on Friday. The Medical Examiner also determined through dental records that the deceased person was a 59-year-old mother who resided at the address the vehicle was registered to in Trumbull. The Bridgeport Police Department is withholding the woman's name to protect privacy of her family. Bridgeport detectives conducted an extensive investigation on Thursday after the body was found in the car shortly before 11:00 a.m. at the entrance to Elton Rodgers Woodland Park…
FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL STRUCK BY BRIDGEPORT POLICE CAR
A four-year-old girl was taken to Bridgeport Hospital in critical condition with serious injuries on Wednesday night after she was struck on Hanover Street by a Bridgeport Police car responding to a call. The crash occurred at approximately 9:36 p.m. The officer driving the car was on the way to a report of a mob attacking a female at nearby Went Field Park on the West Side. By the time other officers arrived at the park, the crowd had dispersed. The alleged victim of the reported attack was not located. The four-year-old victim of the crash was transported by ambulance to the hospital. She was most recently listed in critical, but stable, condition. She lives with her family on Hanover…
Trailer Stuck On Highway
A small hitch trailer got stuck up on the barrier of I-95 Northbound around Exit 30. The highway has been shut down in the area to remove the trailer.
BRIDGEPORT POLICE ARREST BARRICADED SUSPECT
An early morning standoff on Grand Street in The Hollow section of the city ended with a barricaded suspect who exchanged gunfire with the Bridgeport Police was taken into custody. Officers initially responded to Grand Street at approximately 12:10 a.m. on Wednesday for a street fight. The first officer to arrive encountered the suspect, later identified as Roberto Martins, 53, of Bridgeport, who eventually fled into the side basement door of a house in the 600 block Grand Street. Martins then fired a gun four times at officers through the barricaded door. One of the officers returned fired. Nobody was struck by a bullet. The Bridgeport Police Department's Hostage Negotiation Unit arrived with the Emergency Services Unit (SWAT) and set…