Bridgeport News: Crash Involving Police
3:09pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- #cttraffic-- A minor accident involving a police car on Route 8/25 southbound at the exit 1 split.
Bridgeport News: Murder Suspect Arrested
On December 15, 2016, Noel Esbri was murdered while inside an apartment at 360 Palisades Avenue, Bridgeport. Detectives quickly identified the person responsible for Esbri's death as Richard Lopez (6/14/91) and Detective Martin Heanue prepared an arrest warrant that was signed by a Superior Court Judge on January 4, 2017, charging Lopez with Murder, Felony Murder and Robbery First Degree. Throughout the investigation, detectives were in contact with Lopez' attorney, but Lopez declined to speak with police. Once the arrest warrant was issued, detectives made Lopez' attorney aware that the warrant existed, but through his attorney, Lopez refused to surrender to police. Through the cooperation of many officers within the Bridgeport Police Department, the United States Marshal's Office Fugitive Task Force was able to…
Bridgeport News: SHU Inauguration Parties?
12:00am--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Police have been busy breaking up loud college parties at Thorme Street, Chopsey and Old Town, 465 Burnsford Avenue and a very large/loud party at 3671 Old Town which required multiple police units to respond. This news report is made possible by:
Breath of Summer in January @ the Fairfield Public Library
#Fairfield, CT--Butterflies in My Backyard…what a lovely thought during the frigid month of January. The Fairfield Public Library will be hosting Lepidopterist Victor DeMasi on Saturday, January 21 at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road. The program will be held at 2 pm in the Rotary Room. DeMasi will take us through his butterfly meadow in Redding, CT and show us some of the rare and common species he has seen in his forty years of stewardship. There will be a discussion of butterflies in our changing environment with issues such as climate change and invasive plant species. Victor DeMasi is a research affiliate at the Yale Peabody museum of Natural History in New Haven and a wetland conservation…
Bridgeport News: Car Hits Utility Pole
10:40pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A car has hit a utility pole at Broad and Gregory Street with injuries according to radio reports. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Stolen Car Recovered After Foot Pursuit
5:19pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut--Police locate a stolen vehicle on Yarmich and Reservoir Avenue, they follow it to Trumbull Avenue to Sunshine Circle where a brief foot pursuit took place. K-9 enjoyed it's fast food meal. EMS on the way. Two in custody. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Cars chasing
3:14pm--#Bridgeport CT-- If you are in the area of Fairfield Ave and Park Ave be careful of the two cars chasing after each other in the area. This news report is brought to you by: and by YOU the patron! Support us here at https://www.patreon.com/doingitlocal
Westport News: Drug Charges
On January 17, 2017 at approximately 12:00am, Westport Officers responded to the area of Post Road East and Compo Road on a report of a disabled vehicle at the intersection. Officers located a vehicle stopped in the travel portion of the roadway. The operator, later identified as Noura Yousef, was asleep in the driver’s seat. Officers were able to wake up Yousef, who appeared to be disoriented and possibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Officers observed several glass pipes in plain view as they interviewed Yousef. The pipes observed are commonly used for smoking crack cocaine or other narcotic substances. Officers then searched the vehicle, and discovered a FedEx package with an object tightly wrapped inside it. Based…
Bridgeport News: Shots Fired
2:56pm--Reports of shots fired by occupants in two cars at each other in the area of Norman/Beechwood/Linwood area. So far no one or anything reported hit. This report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Food On The Stove Burning No Fire
2:37pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Food burning on the stove is the reason the firefighters are at 2400 North Avenue. People were being evacuated as a result. This news report is made possible by: