Stephen Krauchick

DoingItLocal is run by Steve Krauchick. Steve has always had interest with breaking news even as an early teen, opting to listen to the Watergate hearings instead of top 40 on the radio. His interest in news spread to become the communities breaking news leader in Connecticut’s Fairfield County. He strongly believes that the public has right to know what is happening in their backyard and that government needs to be transparent. Steve also likes promoting local businesses.

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Route 8 Crash With Ejection

3:03am--UPDATE: Person freed, highway still shutdown. 3:00am UPDATE: Highway is shutdown southbound at exit 14. UPDATE:  Radio reports say he is pinned under the vehicle against a wall. 2:47am--#cttraffic--#Shelton CT--Report of an accident with a person ejected from the vehicle on Route 8 southbound near exit 14.  Passerby on scene reporting the person is pinned against a wall, still alive but desperately needing an ambulance.  First responders on the way.  UPDATE:  Radio reports say he is pinned under the vehicle against a wall.   This report sponsored by:

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Bridgeport News: Sniper Rifles Seized

  #Bridgeport CT (June 19, 2015) – A Monroe man was jailed on $500,000 bond after police apprehended him with five guns, including two assault weapons, that investigators believe he intended to sell to a drug dealer.   The seizure and arrest was made by the Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force, which is a joint task force that consists of Bridgeport Police, the Connecticut State Police and Department of Corrections. Their goal is to identify and target violence related to firearms in the city of Bridgeport.   The task force was conducting surveillance in the area of North and Park avenues in an unrelated investigation when officers noticed a white pickup truck parked in the lot of…

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Bridgeport Police Marine Unit Recovers Body in Bridgeport Harbor

#Bridgeport CT – This morning, the Bridgeport Police Marine Unit recovered a body of a male off of the shore of Bridgeport Harbor. The identification of the man is not being released at this time.   At 11:20 a.m., a police officer in Seaside Park reported to the dispatch center that he saw what appeared to be a body in the water. According to Lt. Fitzgerald, the head of the police Marine Unit, a police boat responded, confirmed and recovered the body.   “We were out on our police boat on routine patrol, and we heard some Coast Guard chatter of the possibility of a body in the water somewhere between Bridgeport, Connecticut and Port Jackson, New York,” said Fitzgerald. “ We were beginning…

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