Bridgeport News: Crash
2020-04-18@12:50am--#Bridgeport CT-- Avoid Boston Avenue between Helen and Seaview Avenue where there is a crash with injuries. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: One In Custody After Stabbing
2020-04-17@10:41pm--#Bridgeport CT-- One man is in custody after stabbing a woman in Manilla Place. A second person, possibly a male was also stabbed, a second ambulance requested to the scene. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: First Responders Show Appreciation
2020-04-16#Bridgeport CT-- Today the city of Bridgeport first-responders traveled in a caravan with lights and sirens to visit St Vincent’s Medical Center and Bridgeport Hospital in an act of appreciation to salute frontline healthcare workers and to recognize patients that are currently in their care at the hospitals due to COVID-19. Neighborhood residents were encouraged to beep, clap, wave. The city also requested that onlookers follow social distancing guidelines, and either stay in their vehicles or remain 6’ apart.
Fairfield News: Porsche Rollover
2020-04-16@10:5PM--#Fairfield CT-- A Porsche rolled on its side at Redding Road and Cross Highway near the Patterson Club with no one inside or near the vehicle. The caller said they helped the driver out of the car and another car with a bunch of yoots inside picked up the driver and sped off. There were also long skid marks on the hill Cross Highway matching the Porsche.
Fairfield News: Tools Stolen From Truck
2020-04-16@6:46pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are investigating the theft of over $2,000 worth of tools from a truck that was parked on Catherine Street. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Phone Scam
2020-04-16@4:44pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A person was taken for $120 when he went to purchase a cellphone on Grandview Avenue. The person handed them the money and the scammer handed them a cellphone box. An empty phone box and then fled the scene. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Scooterjacking
2020-04-16-@:4:00pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating an armed scooterjacking taken at gunpoint on Beers Street. This news report is made possible by:
Prayers For Bridgeport Hospital
#Bridgeport CT--How about some likes for Iglesia Bautista Emanuel Church of 258 Harriet Street in Bridgeport? Their members donned personal protective equipment and came out to pray. Reverend William Gonzalez leads the prayers. for the staff, doctors, nurses, all the workers and patients of Bridgeport Hospital Wednesday night at dusk. Reverend William Gonzalez leads the prayers.
Protests At Bridgeport Prison Facilities
#Bridgeport CT-- Protesters took to the streets at the North Avenue Jail looking for the release of inmates to the facility. According to a woman on a bull horn, she claims that one inmate has already died from the virus that allegedly was brought in by an outside employee. Protesters lined Fairmont Avenue, not the Madison Avenue front entrance. The protestors chanted “free them all” during the protest. Around 4:30 they moved the protest to the Juvenile Detention Center at Housatonic and Congress Street according to police radio reports.
Bridgeport News: Crash Involving City Bus
2020-04-15@8:31am--#Bridgeport CT-- Avoid East Main Street at Barnum Avenue where there has been a crash involving a Greater Bus Transportation bus. Two people were injured but refused medical treatment at this time. This news report is made possible by: