Category: Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Man Hands Teller A Note Someone With A Gun Is Threatening Him

7:00pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– A person handed a teller note at People’s Bank inside Stop and Shop at upper Main Street.  The note said someone was threatening him (not the teller) with a gun.  Police have one person in custody and one is at large.   The incident is reported to have happened on Wood Avenue.

 

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Bridgeport News: Garage Fire

3:22pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– EMS in the area, called their dispatch of heavy smoke in the area of Sheridan Street and Ogden Street Extension. Firefighters responded, confirming the smoke in the area. They found a two and half story garage on fire at 47 Mead Street. Within a half hour firefighters had the bulk of the fire knocked down. There were no reported injuries.

#Fairfield, Connecticut— The Friends of the Fairfield Public Library are once again participating in Fairfield County’s Giving Day, on March 9, 2017. Hosted by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, with lead sponsor Bank of America, Giving Day inspires and empowers our region to raise as much money as possible for local non-profit organizations in just 24 hours through online donations.

 

From 12:00am to 11:59pm March 9th, donors can go online at https://fcgives.org/designee/friends-of- the-fairfield- public-library to support the Friends and the Fairfield Public Library. The minimum donation is $10 and there is no maximum. Whether you give $10 or $1000, your donation will make a difference! Danielle Sharp, Director of Development for the Friends, says, “This will be our third year participating in the event, with the amount of our total donations rising every year. We are hoping to break last year’s record of $2,133, while at the same time raise awareness about who the Friends are and what we do.”

In existence since 2003, The Friends of the Fairfield Public Library is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the partnership between the Fairfield Public Library and the community, and advocating for quality library service for all of the people of the town of Fairfield. Over the past thirteen years, The Friends have provided over $300,000 to the Library to support special programs, services and resources not included in the operating budget, including a commitment to fund the Library’s museum pass program with $10,000 a year for 10 years. The Friends sponsor the Fairfield Public Library’s One Book One Town celebration and its Soundwaves Concert Series. They also manage the Bruce S. Kershner Art Gallery, and oversee the ongoing sale of gently used books, tapes and CD’s in The Twice REaD Room, both at the Main Library. The Friends also offer a Books as Gifts program which allows people to honor or remember a loved one with a bookplate placed in a new book to be added to the Library’s collection.

 

For more information about the Friends of the Fairfield Public Library, please visit http://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/our-community/friends- of-fairfield- public-library/. All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free. For more information about Library programs, visit us online at: www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org or call 203-256- 3160. Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fairfieldpublib and Facebook: www.facebook.com/fairfieldlibrary.

(Press Release)

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Bridgeport News: Arrest On Berkshire Homicide

#Bridgeport Connecticut–On February 24, 2017 Michael Watkins (7/15/90) was shot and killed in front of 438 Berkshire Avenue.  Detectives were able to establish that the perpetrator, identified as Jovanne Brown (1/26/96), shot Watkins multiple times. During the course of an altercation, Watkins who had a pistol permit, fired at Brown, striking him in the chest.  Brown was transported by private vehicle to St. Vincent’s Medical Center for treatment. Brown initially lied to investigators regarding how and where he was shot, but later confessed to Detectives that he shot Watkins. Brown was arrested on February 25, 2017 and charged with felony murder, robbery and weapons offenses. Bond is $1,000,000. The quick arrest in this case would not be possible without the dedication to service by the BPD Homicide Unit, assisted by Detective Lariccia and supervised by Lieutenant LaMaine.

(Bridgeport Police Press Release)

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