Derby News: House Fire
8:20pm--#Derby Connecticut--Firefighters are on scene of a house fire at 275 Caroline Street. They have two lines in operation according to radio reports. This report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Crown Fried Chicken Robbed
8:30pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut--The Crown Fired Chicken at 300 Boston Avenue was just robed by a black male wearing all black including a black mask. He implied he had a gun, had his hands in his pocket like he had one. He grabbed the register and fled down Boston Avenue. Fowl play is suspected.... This report is made possible by:
Trumbull News: K-9 Dispatched To Find Missing Autistic Boy
UPDATE: Happy to report he was found on Quarry Road. 7:10pm--#Trumbull Connecticut-- Trumbull Police K-9 on the way to the Bow Tie Cinema to help find a ten year old black male, first name Andy wearing a gray sweatpants long and a long sleeved green shirt who is missing, possibly somewhere in the parking lot. This report is made possible by:
Milford News: Odor Of Burning Police HQ
2:14am--#Milford CT-- Just about every fire apparatus sent to Milford Police Heaquarters at 430 Boston Post Road for an odor of something burning inside. This report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Street Robbery
1:34pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut--A person was just robbed on Newfield Avenue near Dolphin's Cove according to radio reports. Taken from the victim was his cellphone and money. This report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Odor Of Smoke Indoors
11:58pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut--Firefighters on the way to 272 Federal Street for an odor of smoke indoors. This report is made possible by:
I-95 Backup
#cttraffic--Traffic is backed up in Bridgeport for traffic getting off exit 27 for the NCAA game at the Arena.
Stratford News: Child Possibly Drowns
9:30pm--#Stratford Connecticut-- We have a report of a child who possibly drowned in a pool at Homewood Suites on Main Street. This has not been confirmed. I have emailed the city's police spokesman to confirm but this could take some time with the holiday weekend.
#HARTFORD, CT - -Senator Ed Gomes (D-Bridgeport) continued his advocacy for reforming Connecticut’s policies around hiring applicants with a criminal record. Testifying in front of the General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee, Sen. Gomes called for the passage of Senate Bill 467: An Act Concerning Municipal Implementation of Criminal Justice Reforms. The bill is a set of hiring policies for private employers, designed to ensure that applicants with criminal records are evaluated on the merits of their qualifications, not on their criminal records. “This is an important bill for those with a record to have an opportunity to receive a job,” said Sen. Gomes. “A felony conviction too often haunts a person their whole life preventing them from moving on…
NEW NATIONAL REPORT MEASURING CRIME RATES SHOWS CONNECTICUT’S SMART APPROACH TO VIOLENT CRIME
#HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloyy highlighted the release of a new report on national crime punishment rates by the Pew Charitable Trusts, which shows that Connecticut’s approach of focused deterrence, including prioritizing violent and predatory offenders for incarceration, is reducing crime. The report introduces a new metric known as the punishment rate, which compares the number of people in prison to the rate of crime for Part I crimes, including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle thefts. The report shows Connecticut ranks 13th nationally in the punishment rate – which is the highest of any state in New England – while its imprisonment rate ranks 34th. That indicates that violent criminals are serving…