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Bridgeport News: 2 In Custody After Manhunt

9:44pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Suspects are in custody after a pursuit and manhunt in the Burnsford Road area.  Earlier there were reports of shots fired on Aldine Avenue (off Brooklawn Avenue) shot at a car with a person inside who called the police.  The car was a red SUV stolen out of Stamford according to radio reports.  A short time later there was a report of a woman being robbed on Hazelwood Avenue, this MAY be related but it has not been confirmed.  An alert officer on patrol located the car on Park Avenue where a pursuit ensued.  The officer lost the vehicle but other police cars located the car and the pursuit went in and out of side roads off Park Avenue,…

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Fairfield News: Indecent Exposure Incident

The Fairfield Police Department is seeking to identify a male involved in several indecent exposure incidents that occurred at Jennings Beach in Fairfield on 09/05/17 and 09/23/17 between the hours of 11:00am and 1:00pm.  If you have any information on the identity of the person pictured below, please contact the Fairfield Police Detective Bureau, 203-254- 4835 or Text-A- Tip to CRIMES (274637).   (Fairfield Police press release)  

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Downed Utilites

11:11am--Numerous calls from all towns of downed utility poles, wires or transformers on fire, probably from the wind.   #Fairfield CT-- Downed wires on Kotona Drive right off Black Rock Turnpike.   #Westport CT-- Transformer on fire at Ivy Knoll   #Bridgeport CT-- Downed power lines in the 300 block of Ogden Street.   #Stratford: A viewer sent in this photo a utility pole that just fell at Woodend Road

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Bridgeport News: Bridgeport In The Running For Amazon.com’s 2nd Headquarters

News that Amazon is looking for another city to host its second headquarters has Mayor Ganim and Fairfield Selectman Mike Tetreau very interested to be home to the largest Internet-based retailer in the world.   “We believe that the City of Bridgeport and Fairfield County have the attributes and meet the criteria that Amazon is looking for as evidence displayed in the analysis done by Market Watch, which publicized 12 cities throughout the country, Bridgeport is one of those cities selected,” explained Mayor Ganim.   Fairfield First Selectman Mike Tetreau stated, “We are keenly interested to attract a world-renowned company like Amazon to advance Fairfield County as a potential site for its second corporate headquarters.”   The City of Bridgeport and Fairfield…

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Fairfield News: 17 Year Old Drowns In Fairfield Pond

UPDATE:  The victim is identified as 17-year-old Nagee Crowder of Fairfield CT. After Crowder was transported to the hospital, resuscitative efforts continued until 8:10pm, at which time St. Vincent's medical staff pronounced Crowder dead. Witness accounts stated that several juveniles were swimming in Perry’s Mill Pond. Crowder was observed jumping into the water off of a paddleboard and when his friends saw him in distress they made attempts to help but were unable to save him. This investigation is still active pending cause and manner of death from The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.   #Fairfield CT-- Around 6pm first responders were called to Perry Mill's Pond on Cedar Mill Lane for a seventeen-year-old male that was swimming with friends when he…

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