Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Homicide Arrest

#Bridgpeort CT--This morning, detectives from the Fugitive Task Force arrested(DOB: 07/21/1987 of 114 Asylum St) for the May 24, 2018 shooting death of Willie Nance. Ragin is charged with Manslaughter in the First Degree, Carrying a Pistol Without a Permit, Illegal Discharge of a Firearm, Use of a Firearm for A,B,C Felony, and Criminal Possession of a Firearm. He is being held on a $350,000 bond. (Bridgeport Police Press Release)  

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Bridgeport News: 3 Injured When Trains “Bump”

UPDATE: 1:41pm--#Bridgeport CT-- 3 Metro-North workers were injured when two trains "bumped" each other behind Bluefish Stadium. Firefighters were challenged to removed the injured patients because the tracks are elevated at that spot. So firefighters used their ladder truck and put the patients in a rescue basket to lower them down. All four tracks were shut down while the rescue operation took place. Train service has resumed. There were no civilians on the passenger trains. 1:38pm--#Bridgeport Ct--Two trains have "bumped" each other near the Ferry Dock.  There were no passengers onboard but one employee is reported injured. This news report is made possible by:  

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Bridgeport News: 74 Year Old Woman Stabbed

12:04am--#Bridgeport CT-- A 74 year old woman was stabbed in the arm and leg according to radio reports at 1241 Main Street on the 5th floor.   This news report is made possible by:

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Jury Finds Bridgeport Man Guilty of Illegally Possessing Loaded Firearm

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FEDERICO CANNON, also known as “Rico,” 36, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 26, 2017, CANNON was released from federal prison after serving a 70-month sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.  On July 31, 2017, while CANNON was on federal supervised release, Bridgeport Police received information that CANNON had a gun and was riding in a car in the area of the Trumbull Gardens housing complex in Bridgeport.  Officers located and stopped…

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Bridgeport News: Parasailer Crashes

7:49pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A parasailer crashed into the sound on West Beach near the boat docks.  Firefighters were dispatched for a water rescue but a boater rescued him and brought him to the awaiting ambulance.   This news report is made possible by:

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Bridgeport News: Huntington Turnpike Crash

5:44pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Two cars collided on Huntington Turnpike near Virginia Avenue.  The two cars collided but witnesses said the tan car continued up the hill for a city block before losing a wheel and coming to a stop.  Firefighters had to extricate the passengers in the dark blue Volkswagen.  There were 3 reported injured.  

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4:44pm--Bridgeport Police's Anti-Crime Task Force made a number of arrests Newfield and Clifford and recovered a number of firearms on Newfield at Clifford Street according to radio reports.  

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Bridgeport News: Larceny Charges After Investigation

In November 2017, the CT State Police Western District Major Crime Squad initiated an investigation into a suspected scheme involving misappropriation of state funds within a substance abuse treatment program called Access to Recovery (ATR). The program is funded by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and is administered through Advanced Behavioral Health (ABH), a non-profit company. A complaint was made to ABH that one of their caseworkers, Nikkita Chesney (DOB: 11/27/1972) of Bridgeport, CT, was involved in a kickback scheme where she would promise clients cash in return for requesting day care services, a benefit available through ATR. In the course of the investigation, it was learned that numerous documents were forged in order to make…

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