2022-07-31@ 10:47 am the Bridgeport Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call regarding a preliminary report of an overturned canoe and two parties in the water near the Pleasure Beach Bridge. The Bridgeport Police and Fire Marine Units were dispatched and upon arrival reported two male parties holding onto the pilings of the old Pleasure Beach Bridge. Those assisted reported their canoe was overturned by the wake of a passing power vessel while they were fishing. Both parties were taken back to the dock safely by the marine units. Superficial injuries were reported with no medical attention requested.
2022-07-31@4:41pm–#Bridgeport CT– #ctfire– Today’s vehicle fire was in the 1600 block of Stratford Avenue (near Read Street) where a food truck caught fire and extended to the home. 4 adults and 3 children need to be relocated by the Red Cross. They were NOT using the food truck at the time so the fire marshal was called in to investigate the cause of the fire. There were no reported injuries.
2022-07-30@12:14pm–#Bridgeport CT– A woman in the 50 block of Wood Avenue (near Park Avenue) punches a window causing a laceration on her arm right to the bone. Initially thought to be an assault with a dangerous weapon or a robbery but it was just a bad choice in venting her temper.
2022-07-28@10:00pm–#Bridgeport CT– EMS on the way to the 4000 block of Main Street where a car was taken by gunpoint by two persons on dirtbikes fleeing on the highway towards Chopsey Hill Road. The driver of the car was injured which is how we find out about these types of calls. Bridgeport use to tell us they would keep the press alert on Twitter but they haven’t made a post on that since July 1 and they use to give calls of significance but that too has fallen to the wayside because they don’t have a press person for the police department but the mayor has THREE. Nothing to see here in Ganimville.
2022-07-28@6:47pm–#Bridgeport CT– EMS and police are on the way to a ballgame on Assylum Street for a ballplayer allegedly attacked by a teammate according to radio reports.
2022-07-28@11:21am–#Bridgeport CT– #ctfire– Firefighters were called to St. Vincent’s Hospital aka Hartford Healthcare for an electrical fire in the first floor electrical room on the Hawley Avenue side. The fire was out on the firefighter’s arrival.
2022-07-24@8:44pm–#Bridgeport CT– #cttraffic–A van driven by Wilber Martinez was traveling in the wrong direction on Route 8 and struck an Acura driven by Monica Wilson, 41 of Westport head-on. Wilson died from her injuries, just two days shy of her birthday. Two other vehicles were involved in the crash. Ananias Castillo-Icabalzeta of Bridgeport was a passenger in the car and was pronounced dead at the scene. The other passengers in the vehicle sustained non-life threatening injuries according to the state police reports. A male in the van was reported to have a weak pulse when extricated from the van according to radio reports. He remains in critical condition at Saint Vincent’s Medical Center. Route 8 south was closed for over 5 hours for a police investigation.
#Bridgeport News: In view of the continued gun violence in the area of Park Avenue and Vine Street, the Bridgeport Police Department (BPD) Narcotics and Vice Division conducted a criminal investigation at the Scotch Bonnett Studio located at 22 Vine Street. Narcotics and Vice Officers were able to secure a search warrant for the business, its gated parking area, and all motor vehicles positioned within said parking area where narcotics and marijuana transactions were occurring.
On July 23, 2022 at approximately 8:00 PM the BPD Emergency Services Unit and Narcotics & Vice Division served the search warrant assisted by members of the BPD Patrol Division.
As a result of this warrant service (8) individuals were placed under arrest, (2) vehicles, 15.68 pounds of marijuana, over $2000 in cash, and (3) semi-automatic handguns were seized.
The arrests and charges are as follows:
55-year-old Orville Brown of Bridgeport, CT is charged with: Possession WITS hallucinogen (21a-277(b)(2A*).
55-year-old Andrew South of Bridgeport, CT is charged with: Possession WITS hallucinogen (21a-277(a)(1B+).
47-year-old George John of Bridgeport, CT is charged with Criminal Possession of a Firearm (53a-217), Risk of Injury to a Minor (53-21(a)(1), Carrying a Pistol without a Permit (29-35(a), and Interfering with a Police Officer (53a-167a).
44-year-old Courtney Campbell of Stratford, CT is charged with Conspiracy to Possess 1 kg. or More of Cannabis (21a-278(b)(1D*) and Interfering with a Police Officer (53a-167a).
41-year-old Kirk Robinson of Milford, CT was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell Hallucinogen (21a-277(b(2A*) and Operation of a drug factory (21a-277(c).
39-year-old Valmore Bennett of Bridgeport, CT is charged with Illegal Possession of Weapons in a Motor Vehicle (29-38).
36-year-old Eibisay Rosario of New Haven, CT is charged with Possession with Intent to Sell 1 kg. or More of Cannabis (21a-278(b)(1D*).
28-year-old Delroy Westney of Bridgeport, CT is charged with Illegal Possession of Weapons in a Motor Vehicle (29-38), Illegal Possession of a large capacity magazine (53-202w(c2), Possession with Intent to Sell Hallucinogen (21a-277(a(1B+), an Operation of a Drug Factory (21a-277(c).
