I-95 Crash
2022-07-29@7:50pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- A three-car crash at I-95 northbound. Take one guess where......
Bridgeport News: Car and Motorcycle Collide
2022-07-29@7:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a car and motorcycle colliding at East Main and East Washington Avenue. No other updates available. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Carjacking
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. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Teammate Assaulted At Game
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. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Electrical Fire At St. V’s
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.
Bridgeport News: 2 Died In Route 8/25 Crash
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…
Bridgeport News: Vine Street Raid
#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…
Fatal Accident On Route 8/25
2022-07-24@8:44pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic--There were multiple accidents on Route 8/25, one northbound near exit 2 and the more serious one between exits 4 and 3 southbound. There were reports of fatalities.
Bridgeport News: Apartment Fire
2022-07-24@5:52pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters were called to 175 Bretton Street at the Bretton Arms Apartments for a fire in one of the apartments on the 2nd floor. Firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to one of the units. There were no reported injuries.
Bridgeport News: Raid On Vine Street
2022-07-23@9:30PMish-- #Bridgeport CT-- Does Anyone know why there was a raid behind 22 Vine Street tonight? Most police departments will give a report the next day when asked but every time I reach out to Bridgeport I get "a warrant was served". A number of people told me vice was there. A vehicle was also towed from the premise.