12:22am–#Bridgeport CT– A resident just called police that her home in the 1100 block of Central Ave was broken in to.
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Musician wanted
Harborview Market in Black Rock is looking for a musician who you think might be great on a Saturday or Sunday morning . Email John at john.torres.music.yeah@gmail.c
Smoke investigation
11:41pm–#Bridgeport CT–Don’t go to sleep yet Bridgeport! Report of smoke coming from a roof at 139 Dover Street. Firefighters on the way.
Beer tasting Friday at Premier Wine and Spirits
Two cool and interesting craft beers being tasted tomorrow night at Premier Wine and Spirits, from Maine and Brooklyn!!! Premier Wine and Spirits, 525 Tunxis Hill Road in Fairfield.
Tonight’s car fire
9:17pm–#Bridgeport CT–Tonight’s car fire is in front of 117 Berkshire Avenue, possibly involved in a car accident.
Firefighters investigate report of fire
9:11pm–#Bridgeport Ct–Firefighters are at 20 Coleman Street for a report of a fire in an apartment but finding nothing.
Rollover accident
8:02pm–Extrication was required by Bridgeport Fire Department at this accident at North Ave. and Laurel Ave. At least two people were sent to nearby hospitals with injuries.
Bridgeport Police: St. V’s on Lockdown
8:06pm–#Bridgeport CT–According to police radio St. Vincent’s Hospital is currently on lockdown. We do not know the exact cause but moments earlier police were called because a victim being treated there was being harassed by assailant.
Roads closed for arcing transformer
#5:55pm–#Bridgeport CT–Barnum Avenue is closed to traffic between Seaview Avenue and Hallett Street due to a arcing transformer. UI is on the way.
Two Gang Members Arrested for Robbery Conspiracy
(Bridgeport, CT – March 21, 2013) – Two known gang members were charged this week in connection with a 2012 robbery that police preempted.
Frederick Whitaker, 27, of Stratford, and Clarence Hardy, 24, of Bridgeport, were brought from prison to Superior Court where they were arraigned Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery. Both had been jailed since their October arrest on related weapons charges.
The arrest was made by the State Police Gang Unit.
According to Bridgeport Sgt. Jason Amato, the unit developed information that two known members of the Bloods gang were planning an armed robbery.
On Oct. 24, Amato learned the pair was driving to Bridgeport to pick up two guns and then planned to travel to Milford to meet a man who wanted to sell them two semi-automatic pistols.
Whitaker and Hardy planned to rob this man of his firearms and money. The pair had gotten their guns and they were en route to Milford to commit the robbery when the gang unit, assisted by Bridgeport patrol officers and K-9 Officer Mark Martocchio, intercepted them at a gas station on Boston Avenue.
“Usually, it is hard to quantify how many crimes are prevented by good police work,” said Police Chief Joseph L. Gaudett Jr. “In this case, however, we know that a violent robbery did not happen because of our intervention.”
Police recovered two loaded firearms from the car and charged them with the gun offenses. They were jailed on $100,000 bond. Police this month submitted the warrant for the planned robbery . A judge set bond at $75,000 on the new conspiracy counts.
