Tonight’s vehicle fire is in the 400 block of Cleveland Avenue. The vehicle was close to a building but firefighters quickly took care of it before it could spread.
The US Coast Guard dispatched Fairfield and Bridgeport Fire Marine Units for a 32 foot boat that ran aground on Penfield Reef. There are two people on board and the boat is NOT taking on water.
On 06/23/24, at approximately 9:00PM, the patrol division responded to a reported robbery near 957 East Main Street. The victim was located and discovered to have been seriously injured and had his vehicle taken following the assault. Video obtained from the scene determined that the pictured male (left) and female (right) are suspects in this investigation. If anyone can identify either party or has information on their whereabouts, please get in touch with the case investigator, Detective A. Caiazzo, at 475-319-0244 or anthony.caiazzo@bridgeportct.gov.
Firefighters responded to a three-car crash on Wilson Street to free a trapped driver. A witness suggested a possible link to a separate accident on Fairfield Avenue. Police are investigating the connection.
A tractor-trailer exiting the DMV access road attempted to turn right onto Colonial Avenue but got caught on low-hanging wires, bringing down a utility pole. (There are regulations for minimum utility line heights to accommodate tractor-trailers.) No injuries were reported.
A Bridgeport woman has been arrested by the Bridgeport Police for a swatting incident that led to a rapid response by the department’s Emergency Service Unit.
Dorothy Smith, 34 years-old, turned herself in on Thursday morning on a felony warrant. She was charged with Falsely Reporting an Incident in the First Degree.
Smith called 911 in the early morning hours on June 27th, 2024, pretending to be another female. She then falsely reported that her and her family were being held hostage at gunpoint in a house on Highland Ave. by her boyfriend. Smith also falsely reported her boyfriend had just beaten her with a gun. She said she was making the call while she was locked in a bathroom. Smith also said her boyfriend was a fugitive.
Smith’s 911 call triggered a high level tactical response by the department’s Patrol Division and Emergency Service Unit , as well as medics.
The female Smith was impersonating was subsequently found by officers to be safe in the house with her family, which included small children. She stated she did not call 911.
Officers did locate 27 year-old Juwaun Terry at the house. He was illegally in possession of a gun. and was found to have escaped from a Department of Corrections halfway house in New Haven earlier in June. Terry was taken into custody on those charges.
The investigation found Terry had been in a relationship with both Smith and the woman on Highland Ave.
Smith made the call from a cell phone number assigned to her. The call was made from a location other than Highland Ave.
Smith had a bond of $75,000.
Swatting involves a person falsely reporting information to law enforcement that leads to a (special weapons and tactical -SWAT) response. Such responses can create unwarranted danger for citizens and officers.
