Driver hits booth at Holiday Inn
2:45am--#Bridgeport CT--Report that a driver has hit the booth at the parking garage at the Holiday Inn on Main Street.
Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Ansonia
1:31am--#Ansonia CT--EMS and firefighters on scene at 40 Prospect Street with two patients with headaches after the carbon monoxide alarms went off.
Reported structure fire
10:55pm--Bridgeport CT--Report of a structure fire at 66 Sanford Place. Firefighters reporting nothing visible from the street but there is an odor of smoke. Turns out to be a porch fire in the rear. Firefighters quickly knock it down and ask for the fire marshal to the scene.
Odor of smoke
10:32pm--#Bridgeport CT--Odor of smoke at 335 Nobel Avenue. Here come the fire trucks!
Today’s car fire
2:54pm--#Fairfield CT--Today's car fire is on the Mill Plain Road on ramp to I-95. Brakes are on fire, the vehicle was towing horses and a silent approach was requested.
Bridgeport’s Police Pursuit
2:34pm--#Bridgeport CT--#cttraffic--Police pursuit Route 8/25 northbound for a motor vehicle on green Volvo. Police cutting off pursuit near exit 8. Driver was going wrong way now crashed and fled on foot into the woods.
Police pursuit
1:11pm--#Stratford CT--Police in pursuit on Hollister Avenue now on Boston Avenue in #Bridgeport CT. 1:13pm--UPDATE--one in custody on Connecticut Ave. near Hollister Ave.
Bridgeport Accident
9:25am--#Bridgeport CT--Report of a car accident at Park Avenue and Worth Street. Avoid the area if you can.
Black Rock School Groundbreaking
Mayor Finch, Council Members, State Legislators Join School Children to Celebrate Black Rock School Groundbreaking New addition will bring 10 new classrooms, gymnasium and new playgrounds BRIDGEPORT, CT (October 8, 2013) – Black Rock School students cheered and joined in the effort as Mayor Bill Finch, Supt. Paul G. Vallas, City Council members, State Representatives and tradespeople turned over the ‘ceremonial’ dirt for the new addition to Black Rock School on Tuesday afternoon. The 18,000 square-foot addition includes 10 new classrooms, a multipurpose room that can serve as a gymnasium and assembly space, elevator access to all floors to make it ADA compliant, two new playground structures and a new entrance area on School Street. The addition was designed by Newman Associates of New Haven.…
Police Recover Vehicle Taken in Reported Carjacking
#Bridgeport, CT – Oct. 7, 2013 – Police recovered a vehicle stolen in a reported carjacking Sunday on Wood Avenue. Officer Raymond Ryan checked a parking garage on Poplar Street while searching for a vehicle taken in a carjacking early in the day. He located it and the detective bureau seized and towed it. The incident happened about six hours earlier. The victim, from Norwalk, told Officer Donald Matejek that he was sitting in his 2001 Nissan Quest when an unknown male approached, opened his door and demanded his cell phone, wallet and keys. When the victim questioned the assailant why he wanted the keys, the assailant stabbed the victim several times in the face and neck. The injuries are not believed to be life…