Motor Vehicle Stop Nets Cocaine, Two Arrests
#Bridgeport, CT – Dec. 9, 2013 – A motor-vehicle stop led to two arrests and the seizure of cocaine. On Saturday, Officers Anthony Caiazzo and Keith Hanson pulled over a vehicle in the area of Boston Avenue and Sheridan Street. The driver of the vehicle couldn’t provide a valid insurance card or valid registration but did provide a valid Connecticut pistol permit. He told police he was in possession of a weapon. The driver, Pedro Lopez, 34, of Bridgeport, was removed from the car. While patting him down, police recovered from his pants pocket a baggie containing what appeared to be cocaine. Lopez acknowledged it was “coke” and stated that it belonged to him. Police also recovered a handgun. The passenger, Jessica…
Two Men Arrested for Robbery, Victims Have Money Returned
#Bridgeport, CT – Dec. 9, 2013 – Two men face robbery charges after a street hold-up Friday evening. Officer John Topolski responded to the 1300 block of Boston Avenue on a report of an armed robbery on Sheridan Street. The two victims stated that they had left a check cashing business when they were robbed by armed men of more than $700 and a cell phone. Dispatchers put out a description of the suspects over the police radio. Meanwhile, Officers Angel Rodriguez and Juan Hernandez observed two males matching that description in a rear yard in the 600 block of Maple Street. The men fled when police ordered them to stop. Ultimately, one of the men, LePriest Turner, 28, of Bridgeport, was captured and detained…
Monroe Fire
Monday--5:27pm–#Monroe Ct--One day after a fire killed a Monroe man in his Osborn Lane home, another Monroe family has lost their home to fire. But this time everyone made it out safely. The fire erupted shortly before 5pm Monday at 15 High Meadow Rd. The owner reported seeing smoke in the basement and when firefighters arrived at the ranch-style home, they encountered heavy smoke and fire. Firefighters were pulled out of the building to fight the fire defensively once part of the dining room floor collapsed into the basement. A volunteer firefighter narrowly escaped serious injuries by pulling himself out of the hole and exiting through a nearby sliding glass door. Another firefighter suffered a hand injury during the fire. It took around…
I-95 4 car crash
11:20pm--#Stratford CT #Milford CT--#cttraffic--I-95 northbound on the Moses Wheeler Bridge a four car accident with injuries.
House entered in Fairfield
9:49pm--#Faifield CT--A Bloomfield Drive woman came home, found her front door open and men's clothes in her dresser. Police are investigating.......
Home Depot Employee Life Threatened
8:44pm--#Fairfield CT--Police are investigating a male's threat to kill an boyfriend of an employee at Home Depot on Grasmere Avenue.
Fairfield 7-11 Robbed
8:37pm--#Fairfield CT #Southport CT--The 7-11 at 3232 Post Road was just robbed at gunpoint by two males who fled on foot west on the Post Road.
Armed Robbery
7:58pm--#Bridgeport CT--An armed robbery just occurred at Pequonnock Street and Harral Avenue. A black handgun was displayed.