Bridgeport News: Crash With Injuries
2023-10-05@1:05pm--#Bridgeport CT--Report of a crash with multiple injuries at 710 Water Street.
Bridgeport News: Crash!
2023-10--5@12:51am--#Bridgeport CT-- A report of a crash in the 1500 block of Stratford Avenue (near Hollister Avenue), possible injuries.
Bridgeport News: Assault With A Knife
2023-10-02@2:22pm--#Bridgeport News: Police are investigating an assault with a knife at Willow Ridge at 3200 Madison Avenue. The injuries are not life-threatening and the suspect was taken into custody.
BRIDGEPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT – ELDER FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION – ARREST OF LESLIE VINSON FOR LARCENY IN THE 1ST DEGREE
On September 22, 2023, 60-year-old Leslie Vinson of Bridgeport CT turned herself into the Bridgeport Police Department where she was served with an arrest warrant charging her with Larceny in the 1st Degree. Leslie Vinson was given the status of Power of Attorney for an elderly relative. That relative suffers from Frontotemporal dementia and is severely cognitively impaired. A forensic audit of the victim's finances was conducted, and the case was transferred to the Chief State's Attorney for criminal prosecution. This case was assigned to Assistant State's Attorney Jonathan Lewin and Bridgeport Police Detective Jeremy Kelly. The criminal investigation showed that Vinson neglected the victim's basic needs such as personal hygiene. She did not ensure the relatives living conditions were sanitary. Vinson neglected to pay the victim's bills. Instead, she knowingly and intentionally exploited the victim financially. Vinson depleted the victim's life savings by writing and endorsing checks to herself, her family members, and a personal business…
Bridgeport News: Weekly Benham Ave Crash
2023-09-30@1:00PMish--#Bridgeport CT-- A viewer sent in this crash at Iranistan and Benham Avenue. One person was transported to the hospital.
SHU Students Injured In Crash
On Friday, September 29, 2023, at approximately 12:04 am, The Fairfield County Regional Dispatch Center received several 911 calls reporting a two-car collision on Jefferson Street near Sacred Heart University’s Martire Building . Fairfield Police were first to arrive on the scene and found two vehicles involved in the collision. One of the cars came to rest on its roof. The five occupants of one vehicle and one occupant of the other, were all transported to the area hospitals with critical injuries. The Fairfield Police Reconstruction team is actively investigating this collision and more information will be released when it becomes available. https://youtu.be/amyVdWcmMHc
Serious Crash Near Sacred Heart University
A number of people were injured in a crash outside Sacred Heart University on Jefferson Street.
Bridgeport-Fairfield News: Crash!
2023-09-28@6:19pm--Bridgeport CT--Fairfield CT-- A special thanks to the viewer who sent in this 3-car crash on Park Avenue near theuniversity. No word on any injuries
CITY OF BRIDGEPORT AWARDED $22 MILLION FROM
THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND FOR DEMOLITION AND ABATEMENT OF THE DECOMMISSIONED PSEG COAL PLANT THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT AWARDS BRIDGEPORT THE LARGEST COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND GRANT TO DATE Bridgeport, CT— Today, the State of Connecticut Community Investment Fund (“CIF”) 2030 Board approved the City of Bridgeport’s full request of $22 million for the demolition and abatement of the decommissioned PSEG Harbor Station coal plant. This is by far the largest CIF grant that has been awarded to date. In January, Mayor Ganim convened a working group of federal, state and local officials to work with PSEG on a plan for the future of the decommissioned plant. After several months of conversation with these stakeholders, the Ganim Administration put together a CIF…
Bridgeport News: Zapped!
2023-09-28@4:44pm--Bridgeport CT--A person working in the restaurant/kitchen at Stratford and Logan Street received an electric shock from an appliance.