11:11pm–#Norwalk CT– A boat has run aground in the harbor, boater uncertain of location but is shooting flare into the air. Coast Guard and Norwalk Marine Unit dispatched.
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Milford Armed Robbery
10:30pm–#Milford CT–The Burger King at 1292 Boston Post Rd was robbed at gunpoint by three males wearing masks. No vehicle description nor direction of travel. I hope they have hi-res cameras like our sponsor Covert Security does. Those cameras are really hi-def and can read a plate in very dark conditions!
Dryer fire
9:46pm–#Fairfield CT–Firefighters on the scene at 427 Woodridge Avenue for a dryer fire. Time to call Marsillio’s on Black Rock Turnpike for big box pricing but with personable service!
Pembroke Variety Armed Robbery UPDATE
Two teens face charges in connection with an armed robbery of a Pembroke Street variety store.
Police Officer Wildred Torres got the call Tuesday. He responded to 582 Pembroke St. and learned that two teens held up the store. The owner was tracking the suspects via a GPS component on a cell phone, which was taken in the robbery.
The clerk at Pembroke Variety wasn’t injured but police using that technology were able to get a possible location of the suspects on East Main Street.
Torres and Officers Jose Luna and Joseph Szor checked the location and found the door ajar. The officers announced themselves and encountered a woman who said her brother and a friend were home also.
Police detained Jaques Henderson, 18, and Glenn Pettway, 19, both of Bridgeport. Police recovered a sawed off shotgun during a subsequent search and the two suspects were identified as the robbers. Two other people who were detained were not charged and were released.
The suspects were charged with first-degree robbery, possession of a sawed off shotgun, second-degree larceny and reckless endangerment. Their bonds were set at $100,000 each.
Fire in Newtown
5:15pm–#Newtown CT–Structure fire at 19 Borough Lane, Monroe sending Rapid Intervention Team mutual aid.
Motor vehicle accident in Norwalk
4:58pm–#Norwalk CT– Motor Vehicle Accident at 761 Main Avenue. Three people with injuries.
Pedestrian Struck in Bridgeport
4:10pm–#Bridgeport CT– Pedestrian struck at Huntington Turnpike and Noble Avenue.
Armed Robbery in Bridgeport
3:59pm–#Bridgeport CT– An armed robbery occurred in Bridgeport at Hollister Ave and Stratford Ave by two males who held a man up at gunpoint fled in a Honda. One of them displayed a silver handgun.
Pedestrian struck by motor vehicle in Bridgeport
3:01pm–#Bridgeport CT– Motor vehicle accident at Willmont Avenue and Stratford Avenue with a pedestrian struck.
Motor vehicle accident in Monroe
2:28pm–#Monroe CT– Two car motor vehicle accident at 451 Main Street, Monroe