Bridgeport News: Shoveled!
2022-10-21@5:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police and EMS on scene at Laurel and Capital Avenue where a man was hit in the face with a shovel. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Swatting Incident At Harding HS
2022-10-21 #Bridgeport CT-- There is a swatting incident at Harding High School today. Swatting is the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address. Many parents have reached out to us after hearing that there was a shooting incident at the school but that was part of the swatting incident. Frantic parents calling the school told me they only told them that they were in lockdown. This was all a prank. This news report is made possible by:
Route 8/25 Crash
2022-10-020@8:08pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- A crash on Route 8/25 northbound in the left lane near exit 5.
Bridgeport News: Homeless Man Arrested For Robbing Grandma Sitting On Her Porch
The Bridgeport Police arrested a 59-year-old homeless man on Wednesday night who robbed an 84-year-old grandmother on her porch in The Hollow section last week (see the attached video of the robbery.) Norberto Santiago, DOB: 07/27/63, (see the attached photograph) was taken into custody by patrol officers on a felony warrant at approximately 7:00 p.m., several blocks from where the robbery occurred at around 9:00 a.m. on 10/13/22. Santiago was charged with Robbery in the Third Degree, Criminal Trespass in the First Degree, Larceny in the Sixth Degree, and Breach of Peace in the Second Degree. His bond was set at $150,000. The 84-year-old victim was sitting in a chair on her porch when she was robbed. She was not…
Bridgeport News: Fire On East Main Street
2022-10-20@1:10am--#Bridgeport CT-- #ctfire-- A viewer sent in this video of the fire at 484 East Main Street. Firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to the back porches with no extension into the apartments. The Red Cross was called to help 7 people with immediate needs after the fire. https://youtube.com/shorts/wcCmO8A2YSE?feature=share
Bridgeport News: Car Hits A Trane
2022-10-19@10:53pm--#Bridgeport CT--A car hits a Trane Air Conditioner condenser and coil, also causing damage to the building at the corner of Maplewood and Clinton Avenue. There were no reported injuries.
Bridgeport News: Man Shot
2022-10-19@7:09pm--A man was shot in the leg in the 600 block of Kossuth Street. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Crash!
2022-10-19@3:04pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Use caution if near Milne and Washington Avenue, a reported crash with injuries. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Electrical Car Fire After Crash
2022-10-18 @3:00PMish--#Bridgeport CT-- #ctfire--Firefighters fought a stubborn electrical car fire at Gurdon and Summit Street. A witness told me the electrical car was rear-ended, possibly due to sun glare which was apparent in the video. The car then veered onto Gurdon Street where it hit a school bus waiting at the stop sign.Bridgeport FD posted on their Facebook page: Bridgeport, CT Fire Department responds to three car MVA with one vehicle on fire today at 15:10 hrs. One person transported to ER by AMR.
Bridgeport News: Truck Crash Knocks Out Power
2022-10-18@8:00AMish--#Bridgeport CT-- Gilbert Nieves sent in these photos of a crash between a tractor-trailer and a utility pole which caused power to go out in the area of North and Wood Avenue.