Southport Power Outage
8:58pm--#Southport #Farirfield CT-- Firefighters in the 1200 block of Pequot Avenue reporting a power outage in the area. No utility poles, wires or transformers involved. UI being notified.
Monroe Car Accident
5:42pm--#Monroe CT--Report of a head on car accident at Main Street and Victoria Drive.
Gas line hit by workers
2:01pm--#Bridgeport CT--Construction workers hit gas line on Pine Street near Howard Avenue. Expect delays in the area. Traffic control requested to the scene.
I-95 crash
4:58pm- #Fairifield CT #--I-95 northbound between exits 20 and 21 a three car crash with injuries near the median.
Citizens stop a sexual assault
4:32pm#Bridgeport CT-- Citizens stopped a man with a knife who attempted to sexually assault a woman on State near Hanover Street. The citizens had him pinned down but the man escaped and there is now a manhunt on Park Avenue in the area. UPDATE: One in custody!
Dog in a hot car
3:25pm--#Fairfield CT--Another dog in a hot car in a gray Mercedes at Whole Foods police are on the way. Lt. Perez told me last week the person with the dog in the Home Depot parking lot was charged with animal cruelty and that they take these calls very serious.
Timber!
10:33am--#Fairfield CT--Report of a tree falling into a house at 162 Penfield Road.
Slow speed chase on I-95
2:52am---#Bridgeport Ct--#cttraffuc--A slow speed chase of about 19mph ends at I-95 southbound at the exit 25 off ramp speed of about 19mph when suspect crashes on off ramp barrier.
Dogs in distress
7:47pm--#Fairfield CT--Firefighters on the way to Pepe's Pizza on Commerce Drive for two dog in distress inside a blue Volvo.
Police seize more quads, one jumps in pool knowing he’s going to jail
(Bridgeport, CT – July 19, 2013) – Officers Paul Scillia and Christopher Martin Thursday seized another quad operating illegally in the city. The officers encountered the four-wheeler traveling recklessly on Wood Avenue. The driver, identified later as Joel Huertas, 22, was doing a “wheelie” and crossed over the center yellow line. He nearly lost control and almost hit a telephone pole. Scillia and Martin ordered him off of the quad and arrested him for reckless driving, operating without a license, operating without insurance and operating an unregistered vehicle. The quad was towed. The two officers seized two other quads last week and charged two people with felony counts. In that case, Scillia and Martin, who work for the department’s Violent…