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Bridgeport News: $30k Embezzeled

Aug 15, 2019 Stephen Krauchick

UPDATE: Much To Do About Nothing-- This was originally dispatched as a $30,000 embezzlement.  Amy Thibault, Stop and Shop Manager of External Communications and Community Relations said the "$33,000 embezzlement did not happen".  According to a preliminary police report police were called for a $33.00 larceny.  An employee took a package of condoms and chips up to the employee lounge.  Amy Thibault said it was an outside employee.  Bridgeport Detectives said the case was unfounded.   2019-08-15 @ 12:12pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police were dispatched to Stop and Shop at 2145 Fairfield Avenue in the loss prevention office for an employee who allegedly embezzled $30,000.   This news report is made possible by:

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Bridgeport News: Firearm Recovered After Pursuit/Crash

Aug 14, 2019 Stephen Krauchick

2019-08-14 @ 1:46pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Two suspects are in custody after a crash during a pursuit.  The suspects failed to negotiate the turn onto Hollister Avenue from Orange Street and hit a retaining wall.  The suspects hit their heads on the windshield and were taken to the hospital.  At least one firearm was recovered.  I have multiple calls in for more details and I will pass them along as soon as I know!  

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Solving Bridgeport’s Gun Crimes Ganim Calls Senators To Vote On Gun Safety

Aug 13, 2019 Stephen Krauchick

Bridgeport, CT – In light of the recent tragedies in El Paso and Dayton, Mayor Ganim has signed a letter addressed to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer to urge the Senate to come back into session to vote on gun safety legislation.  The two bills for immediate vote already passed by the House of Representatives and would expand background checks for gun sales. The Connecticut Mayors of Hartford, East Hartford, West Hartford, Stamford, Meriden, and New Haven are among 200 others from across the country who have also added their signatures to the letter.   “These bills are a critical path to take illegal weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals,” stated Mayor Ganim.  “We have all…

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Public Hearing Addressing PSEG’s Failure to Hire City Residents

Aug 13, 2019 Stephen Krauchick

#Bridgeport CT--Monday evening at Shiloh Baptist Church in Bridgeport state Senator Dennis Bradley (D-Bridgeport) will join a group of the Park City’s pastors and community leaders for a public hearing addressing PSEG’s failure to honor the Community Environmental Benefits Agreement (CEBA) at the Bridgeport Harbor Station. Through the CEBA, PSEG is required to extend job and development opportunities to residents, minorities and women in the city, but has since failed to do so. Below is a letter written by the pastors with their concerns: At the end of 2017, dozens of Bridgeport pastors, residents, and stakeholders marched to the gates of the Bridgeport Harbor Station in the South End of Bridgeport, where a controversial new methane gas-fired plant is being…

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