Route 8 Crash
Report of a 2 car crash on Route 8 South by exit 1D on the off ramp
JOINT INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST
A joint investigation by the Bridgeport Police and the Stamford Police culminated on Wednesday with the arrest of a 30-year-old parolee on gun and drug charges. Joseph Humphrey of Stamford was taken into custody after Task Force Officers executed a search warrant at Humphrey's apartment in Stamford. The Emergency Services Units from Bridgeport and Stamford assisted in the raid. Police seized an illegal gun, ammunition and drugs packaged for sale from the apartment. Joseph Humphrey was charged with: Criminal Possession of a Firearm Criminal Possession of Ammunition Illegal Transfer of a Firearm Theft of a Firearm Illegal Possession of High-Capacity Magazine Possession of Narcotics Possession of Narcotics with Intent to Sell Operating a Drug Factory Humphrey has ties to Bridgeport…
Pedestrian Struck
Report of a pedestrian struck by a car at West and State Street. No word on the person's condition.
Nine Displaced by Two-Alarm Fire on Hanover Street
BRIDGEPORT — A two-alarm fire displaced six adults, three children and two pets at a home in the 330 block of Hanover Street. Firefighters responded at approximately 8:34 AM and upgraded the fire to a second alarm upon arrival. Fire Chief Cody said crews found heavy fire on the rear porches that extended into the cockloft, the void space above the top floor. Firefighters made an aggressive attack and were making progress bringing the fire under control while conducting overhaul operations. Cody reported no injuries. According to the department’s press release, AMR evaluated one occupant as a precaution. The American Red Cross is assisting those displaced. The Bridgeport Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause.
Pedestrian Struk
Report of a pedestrian struck in the 200 block of Lexington Avenue. No report of the person's condition
BPD INVESTIGATE HOMICIDE #9 ON EAST SIDE MONDAY NIGHT
The Bridgeport Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on the East Side early Monday night. At 7:34 p.m. Monday night, police received a ShotSpotter Activation of one gunshot on Barnum Avenue. A 911 caller on Mill Hill Avenue then reported hearing the shot. Officers found 38-year-old Bernard Fludd on the ground on Mill Hill Avenue near the corner of Barnum Avenue. He was unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported up the street by ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Officers detained several persons who were seen running into a house on Mill Hill Avenue after the shooting. Mill Hill Avenue near Grant Street was closed for several hours on Monday night…
Person Shot
A person was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound in the area of Barnum Avenue and Mill Hill in Bridgeport. Police and firefighters responded around 7:50 PM after receiving a report of an assault. No further details have been released.
POLICE ARREST MAN FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING GUN USED
BRIDGEPORT POLICE ARREST MAN FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING GUN HE USED IN SELF DEFENSE HOMICIDE IN P.T. BARNUM Bridgeport Police on Sunday arrested a 20-year-old for illegally possessing the gun he used to shoot and kill a man in the P.T. Barnum public housing complex in August, in what State's Attorney Office determined was self-defense. Syncaire Williams of Bridgeport was served with a felony warrant by the Homicide Unit Sunday afternoon charging him with Criminal Possession of a Firearm in the shooting of Johnny Nesmith, 46, on August 9th, 2026. Surveillance video showed both fired at each other near Building 21 at around 1:00 a.m., hours after a reunion of P.T. Barnum residents the previous day. Nesmith was hit by multiple…
TWO ARRESTED IN HOME INVASION CASE SUNDAY
The Bridgeport Police Department arrested two men from the city for a home invasion after they broke into a house on Kent Avenue on the East Side early Sunday morning. The persons who live there were inside when the suspects forced their way in. Shortly after midnight on Sunday, a 911 caller reported he heard an intruder. Numerous patrol cars responded. Officers immediately saw a person wearing a ski mask walking out of the front door. That person surrendered without incident. After initially giving a false name, he was identified as Michael Lozada, 21, of Bridgeport. Officers simultaneously entered a damaged rear door while hearing sounds of items breaking. They encountered another person wearing a ski mask who was smashing…
BPD MAKE ARRESTS AND TAKE IILEGAL GUNS OFF THE STREETS
The Bridgeport Police took four illegal guns off the streets and arrested three persons this week in a targeted effort to rid the area around Wood Park of crime. Task Force Officers conducted the investigations, named "Operation Wood Island", after the triangular-shaped park where Wood Avenue intersects with Benham Avenue and Grove Street on the city's West Side. The operation was launched in response to continuous complaints from the public about illegal guns, illegal narcotics, noise, and excessive alcohol use during the daytime and at night in the park and the surrounding neighborhood. On Monday October 26th, Trevor Lennox George, 26, of Bridgeport, a reputed member of the Bloods gang, was arrested on Wood Avenue. He was charged with: Illegal…