Bridgeport

Phone scammers continue

#Bridgeport CT--Phone scammers are batting five hundred so far.  The calls usually say they have your family member hostage and will only release them if you wire them money. An earlier call to a Bridgeport resident knew it was a scam and called police to report it.  A woman on Success Avenue just wired the money only to find out her brother was ok.

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Bridgeport News: City Woman Faces Drug Charges

#Bridgeport, CT – April 1, 2014 – A traffic stop led to a drug arrest Monday after an officer observed a snipped straw with white residue by her feet. Officer Adam Roscoe observed a vehicle double parked and blocking traffic on East Main Street at5:45 p.m. Roscoe ran the license plate number and learned that the car was unregistered. After a passenger exited the car and, as the motorist started driving away, Roscoe pulled her over. After seeing the short straw, an item often used for snorting narcotics, Roscoe asked the driver if she had anything else he needed to know about. She stated that she had a tin container in her pocket that contained pills. Police recovered the item and recovered numerous white pills…

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Woman Charged With Stealing Electricity

#Bridgeport, CT – April 1, 2014 – A city woman faces a larceny charge in connection with the theft of electricity from United Illuminating Co. Police arrested Tomeka Hudson, 37, of 480 Connecticut Ave. on a charge of third-degree larceny. Detective Robert Martin was contacted last month by UI investigators on a report of utility theft. He learned that Hudson had an outstanding balance of $3,091 with UI dating back to 2008 at a different location. He also learned that UI disconnected service to Hudson’s subsequent apartment in June 2011 for lack of payment. The service was under the name of Hudson’s boyfriend. The theft was discovered in November 2013, when a UI meter technician inspected the meter and observed that it…

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Bridgeport News: Power Washer Indoors Causes High Levels of CO

3:32pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighter responded to an activated fire alarm at 380 Mountain Grove Street.  What they found was a power washer was being used indoors causing a high level of carbon monoxide readings in the building.  EMS was called to the scene to check out the workers, fortunately none  of them had any symptoms.  The building was ventilated by firefighters and the business was told to cease the use of the gas powered power washer indoors.

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