Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Shots Fired PT

2:28am--UPDATE: A person just showed up at Bridgeport Hospital with a gunshot wound. 2:13am--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Report of shots fired near building 15 on the Anthony Street side by two males who fled towards building 12 and 13.   This report is made possible by: 2:28am--Ultima noticia : Una persona acaba de llegar a Bridgeport Hospital con una herida se bala. 2:13am--#Bridgeport Connecticut--Informe de disparos cerca del edificio 15 en el lado de Anthony Street por dos hombres que habían hacia los edificios 12 y 13.

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Ganim: City of Bridgeport Now Fining O&G Industries $100 per Day for Blight Violations

#Bridgeport, CT – As part of Mayor Joe Ganim’s new anti-blight initiative, the City of Bridgeport has begun to cite and fine O&G industries in Bridgeport $100 per day for violating city anti-blight ordinances by failing to clean up its substantial debris pile at its facility located at 1255 Seaview Avenue on the East Side of Bridgeport.  The large debris piles and the dust they create at the cement mixing facility have already resulted in numerous respiratory complaints from residents of the adjacent neighborhood.   “O&G’s debris pile is really starting to look like Mount Trashmore II – and we have had enough,”  said Mayor Ganim.  “This cement facility on the East Side of our city has been an eyesore…

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State Police Task Force Arrests Convicted Felon for Firearms Possession

#Bridgeport, CT. (August 8, 2016): State Police and Bridgeport Police detectives assigned to the Connecticut State Police Gang Unit arrested a convicted felon for possession of a firearm. On August 8, 2016 the Connecticut State Police Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force (SUVCCCTF)/Gang Unit, which consists of Connecticut State Police detectives and Bridgeport Police detectives, with assistance from the Connecticut State Police Statewide Organized Crime Investigative Task Force (SOCITF), and detectives from the Bridgeport Police Department, apprehended convicted felon Raul Zayas, on an active felony warrant held by the Bridgeport Police Department for firearm-related offenses. The felony arrest warrant stemmed from Zayas’ involvement in a recent shooting in the city of Bridgeport.  This investigation began when SUVCCCTF detectives developed information that Raul Zayas was in possession of a…

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