10:07am–#Fairfield CT– A four-year-old girl was found wandering on Villa Avenue this morning. Lieutenant Robert Kalamaras said the girl lived in the area. Her 19-year-old sister was providing care was sleeping. He said the four-year-old dressed herself, then managed to unlock the deadbolt and wander outside. A man found the girl but he was late for work so he turned her over to a mail carrier in front of 585 Villa Avenue. The mail carrier called police and the police were able to piece together who the girl was and where she lived. Kalamaras said it was accidental and no charges are pending.
9:42pm–#Fairfield CT– #Westport CT– How about some likes for Fairfield first responders? Westport Police called Fairfield Police looking for someone wanting to take their life. Fairfield Police located the person’s vehicle in the Cascade section of Lake Mohegan. After an extensive search along with K-9 the person was located and taken for treatment.
7:44pm–#Fairfield CT– Back to back accidents on Commerce Drive. This first one happened in front of the Jaguar dealer where one car hit a railing/barrier. The second was at the parking lot of Pepe’s Restaurant onto Commerce Drive. There were injuries reported at both accidents.
7:30am–#Fairfield CT– Around 7:30am Fairfield Emergency Communication Center received a call for 6 fishermen stranded on Penfield Reef. Assistant Fire Chief Roger Caisse said that when first responders arrived on the scene, three individuals made their way back to safety, one person was rescued and two were submerged under the water. Police Chief Gary MacNamara said the individuals were walking towards the lighthouse on the reef when high tide came in and overwhelmed the fishermen. The chief said the men were closer to the lighthouse then they were to the shore. Resources from surrounding areas provided dive teams and other resources in the attempted recovery. At 3:22pm police radio reports said one victim was recovered and the second victim was recovered a few minutes later.
#Fairfield CT–The Fairfield Police Explorers attended the 2017 Cadet Police Academy held at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, July 23-29. A total of 350 cadets and 90 police officers and civilian
staff from Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts attended the week-long academy. The Cadet Police Academy is a comprehensive and challenging experience in the field of Law Enforcement. The Academy has been designed to provide Cadets with a broad exposure to modern day police work. Each level is a one week program and takes the full week to complete. All staff members are volunteers to the program and are either sworn Law Enforcement Officers or adult advisors for their respective programs attending the academy.
The Cadets were split into various programs based on their age and experience. Their days started at approximately 5:30 a.m. and ended at 10:30 p.m. The main focus of the program was teamwork. Cadets learned that even when they thought that a task/goal was beyond their skill or capabilities, if they tried harder, worked harder and just never gave up, they could achieve those seemingly unreachable.
It was a physically and mentally demanding week and fifteen of the graduates are members of the Fairfield Police Explorer program including Alex Bloch, Deaglan McDade, JosephBairaktaris, Mekhi Geter, Kelley Martinez, Michael Coudert, Andrew Lamousneary, Tahliik Wilson, Johnny Bairaktaris, Joseph Ricco, Brianna Milfort, Leticia Pires, Brandon Compasso, Marco Giacobe, and Torelle Adebewale. Deaglan McDade and Joseph Bairaktaris were both awarded their Program Director’s award for outstanding achievement. Brianna Milfort finished in third place in her programs Physical Agility competition and Leticia Pires came in first place at the Talent Show. The Fairfield Police Explorer program is ongoing. For more information, please contact Sergeant Gregory Gunter, Fairfield Police Explorer Post Advisor at ggunter@fairfieldct.org.
UPDATE: Police say the Jervon Winston, 22, of Brooklyn, New York was the driver of the car who died in this accident. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Police confirmed our report that he did not negotiate the curve of the ramp, and went straight down an embankment into a tree.
UPDATE: A state police accident summary said the 2015 Chrysler 200 involved in the crash is owned by Ari Rent a Car in Linden, N.J. The driver has not been identified. My sources told me the car was stolen and the driver had no identification on him.
11:17pm–#Stratford CT–#Trumbull Ct– #Fairfield CT– An off duty state trooper was struck by a car on Barnum Avenue Cutoff. She called 911 and spoke to Stratford Avenue Police that she was involved in a hit and run accident. A short time later Trumbull Police reported being in pursuit of that vehicle on the Merritt Parkway southbound. At 11:25 they reported the car had crashed at exit 46 which is just before the rest area in Fairfield and that it was possibly a fatality. Radio reports at 11:39 said it was, in fact, a DOA (dead on arrival) and the contact the medical examiner. EMS left the scene without a patient. The off duty trooper reported that there were three other individuals in the car but were nowhere to be found at the scene. Fairfield Police had their K-9 on the scene but had no track. It is speculated that they possibly were dropped off prior to the pursuit. This is breaking news and this report has not been confirmed by any official source.
5:29pm–#Fairfield CT– A bicyclist has fallen and hit his head at Lake Mohegan at 80 Morehouse Highway, near the main parking lot. First responders on the way.
#Fairfield CT–On August 8 th , 2017 at approximately noon time, we were first to report to you that the Fairfield Police Department’s traffic unit responded to Black Rock Tnpk near the Route 15 Southbound entrance ramp after multiple 911 calls were received reporting a bicyclist struck by a vehicle. An initial investigation revealed that the vehicle fled the scene southbound on the Merrit Parkway. The vehicle was described as a gray vehicle with front end damage. Moments later, Officers with the Westport Police Department stopped a vehicle northbound on the Merritt Parkway near Exit 42. The vehicle had significant front end damage and evidence at the crash site matched that of damage to the vehicle.
The operator of the vehicle, Barry Podber (DOB 09/30/39) of 72 Pierce Street Fairfield was subsequently arrested and charged with Evading Responsibility and Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs. He was held on a $5000.00 bond at headquarters and is due to appear in court on 08/22/17. The bicyclist sustained several injuries of unknown extent and was transported to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment.The incident is still under investigation by the Fairfield Police Traffic / Crash Investigation Unit.
On 08/01/17 at approximately 4:40pm, a sex assault at Jennings Beach was reported to the Detective Bureau at Police Headquarters. While investigating these allegations, the Detective Bureau found no evidence to corroborate the victim’s account of what had occurred. After further investigation, the 18 year old female complainant who resides in Bridgeport retracted her statement to Detectives and confirmed that she was not a victim of a sexual assault, nor was she the victim of any other crime.
Despite the outcome of this incident the Fairfield Police Department takes every report of sexual assault seriously and conducts a full and thorough investigation into all complaints. It is our hope that this discovery does not discourage future crime victims from coming forward and restores public confidence that our community is safe. Any further questions regarding this case can be directed to Fairfield Police
Department, (203)254-4808, or Text-A- Tip to CRIMES (274637).
