Wake up Bridgeport!
1:39am--#Bridgeport CT--Wake up Bridgeport! A report of smoke inside Huntington Apartments at 120 Huntington Turnpke. Firefighters on the way!
Shots fired at PT
12:20am--#Bridgeport CT--Shots fired between 2 males at PT Barnum Housing near building two on Shell Street. Suspects fled down Bird Street. No one or anything reported hit. Police are on scene investigating.
Bicyclist hit by car
2:50pm--#Bridgeport CT --A bicyclist has been hit by a car at Clermont Avenue and East Avenue. First responders on the way. UPDATE--A child on a bicycle was being chased by a dog and the child hit a parked car. EMS checking em out!
Citizens on edge
11:20am--#Stratford CT--Police were called to Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist 1240 Broadbridge Ave due to a man with a briefcase. They caller thought it was unusual for someone to bring a briefcase to church........
Naked Man!
1:24am--#Bridgeport CT--#nakedman--Report of a man exposing himself in the 400 block of Poplar Street. Police on the way. Man if this isn't another reason to support your police department I don't know what is!
Report of a fire outside Cablevision
11:21pm--#Norwalk CT--Report of a fire outside Cablevision at 23 Cross Street along the train tracks. Report of trees and possibly the building on fire. Firefighters on the way. Of course first on DoingItLocal.com. Maybe tomorrow on News12. UPDATE--Fire at News12/Cablevision sounds to be a brush fire outside the building near the tracks. Firefighters on scene working near a fence line
Theft from a pick up truck
10:20pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating a theft of a commercial grade lawnmower chained and bolted to the back of a pickup truck was just stolen by two men who had bolt cutters and removed the lawnmower. The incident occurred on Capitol Avenue (sorry I didn't get a cross street.
Tonight’s porch fire
9:31pm--#Bridgeport CT--Tonight's porch fire is at 1628 Stratford Avenue called in by a police on patrol. A mattress on fire in the backyard has extended to the back porch. Firefighters on the way.
Police Make Arrest in Bomb Threats
(Bridgeport, CT -- May 4, 2013) -- A student from Bassick High School has been charged with writing bomb threats on walls inside the school on three occasions. The latest incident happened Friday. The School Resource Officers section of the police department secured a warrant for the juvenile Friday evening, several hours after the third bomb scare. The SROs, in part, used footage to video security cameras to link the youth to the threats. He was charged with three counts of first-degree threatening, breach of peace, risk of injury to minors and criminal mischief. "These incidents are hugely disruptive. They took a thousand students out of the classroom and diverted significant police resources," said Police Chief Joseph L. Gaudett. Jr.…
Reports of cars being set on fire
8:56pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police and fire department have received multiple reports of four males setting cars on fire on Louisiana Avenue. Firefighters on scene reporting they see nothing, they are investigating. UPDATE--Firefighters believe it were four youths revving their cars down the street causing smoke in the area.