Author: Stephen Krauchick

John Timperanza discovers how Alan Dressler of Central Computer Forensics Lab is helping police and local law enforcement in investigating computer crimes.  This is in cooperation with the University of Bridgeport.

You can contact Alan Dressler at Central Computer Forensics Lab and Facechecks.com at 203-650-3722 or e-mail Alan at alan@facechecks.com

9:25am–#Fairfield–Firefighters were called to the Circle Diner on the Post Road with the report of smoke in the dining room.  When they arrived they found no smoke in the evacuated building but did smell the odor of wood burning in the dining area, the source unknown.  After a thorough investigation firefighters found that a discarded cigarette in the mulch area outside began smoldering the mulch. The smoke  entered the attic area of the restaurant and then into the dining area.    At 11:01am the fire department recalled the alarm of fire.   I called the diner and they told me that after a quick clean up they should be open for the lunch crowd.

Apparently this landscaper forgot how big his pickup truck gets when he installs his leaf collector.  It appears he didn’t realize his truck was  taller than eight feet nine inches when he drove through the drive-thru.  The accident occurred around 11:15am at the TD Bank at 1643 Post Road.   It appears the truck suffered more damage than the bank….nothing a new sheet of plywood couldn’t fix!

BRIDGEPORT — Nine people were hospitalized with injuries suffered after a car and city bus collided on Water Street early Tuesday.   The crash happened in front of the Bridgeport Bus Terminal, at 710 Water St. just before 8 a.m., witnesses said.  Read full article……

Last year, 175,000 households in Connecticut relied on food stamps, and the number is likely higher this year.  Great interview by WSHU listen here…..

HARTFORD—Everyone knows Halloween in celebrated on Oct. 31 but a state lawmaker wants to tamper with tradition to ensure the holiday is always marked on a weekend.

State Rep. Tim Larson is proposing that the legislature designate the last Saturday in October as Halloween. He says it would make the holiday less harried for working parents, safer for trick-or-treaters and boost the economy as well.

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12:38pm–#Bridgeport–Patient on a field trip with Greater Bridgeport Mental Health leaves the group and supposedly went to his father’s house on Rocton Ave.. Police EMTs trying to locate the patient, searched house, he was not found. EMTs located him around the block at Rockton Place.

12:46pm–#Bridgeport–A robbery just occurred at 1726 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport Leaving the scene were 2 Hispanic Males and one white male in the back in a Black 1994 Honda Civic 390YHD which comes back 58 Canfield Drive in Fairfield. A crow bar and a wrench were used in the robbery. Johnson’s Gas is located at1726 Fairfield Avenue.

11:15am–Seymour– Seymour High School evacuated for a propane leak. The leak was reported in the science wing of the school. Zero readings as of 11:35am in the chemistry room. Six students were taken to Griffin Hospital as a precaution after feeling sick. Oxford, Beacon Falls providing mutual aid. UPDATE–12:18pm–Fire department departs after turning propane off to the school. No further readings detected. Fire department will be returning for further investigation after school lets out.

BRIDGEPORT — A 7-year-old boy was killed early Monday morning in a house fire on Highland Avenue. The boy, who was not immediately identified, was trapped in a third-floor room engulfed by flames, firefighters said. The fire was too heavy for firefighters to tackle before putting it out with a hose, and by the time they extinguished the blaze, the boy had been killed, according to Assistant Chief Dominick Carfi.      Read full story….

As we were first to report, there was a fire early this morning at 1:52am Milford Fire Department called in their second alarm at 451 New Haven Avenue. Firefighters report this is a four story building with heavy fire on the fourth floor appears to be from a gas fire place. By 2:01am Stratford Fire Department send mutual aid to Milford. By 2:10am firefighters were warned that the roof was weak from the fire. By 2:25am fire was under control and fire officials started releasing units from the scene. By 3:00pm recall of fire had been called, firefighters continued overhauling the fire scene. No injuries had been reported.

New Haven–13 year old shot and killed at at 153 Porter Street, police are investigating. This is New Haven’s 28th homicide this year. Around 7:30pm police responded to Porter Street for a 13 year old male shot in the head. Police have just begun their investigation. UPDATE–Police are looking for one suspect, his last name is Burress and is a black male who resides at 41 Lodge Street in New Haven. He is armed with a shotgun that he used on the victim. He fled in a 2009 or 2010 2 door Chevy.
If anyone has any information are asked to call New Haven Police at 203-946-7065.