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Bridgeport Police working on cold cases

Greg Thomas was shot to death near his mother’s home on Jan. 1, 2012. More than a year later, Deputy Chief Adam Radzimirski, who oversees the detective bureau, speaks to Greg’s mother Gloristine almost every week. “She’s frustrated and I understand that. We’re frustrated,” said Police Chief Joseph L. Gaudett Jr. “Detectives have a clear idea of what happened that morning but we need the public’s help to get the investigation to the next level. The family deserves justice and the community deserves peace. A killer walks among us and he needs to be held accountable.” Thomas, 26, was fatally shot at about 3:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day in the 1300 block of Howard Avenue. He had been walking…

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North Korea approves nuclear strike on United States

SEOUL — North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States.  There was no immediate American reaction to the North's latest statement, but US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Pyongyang represented a "real and clear danger" to the United States and to its allies South Korea and Japan.  YahooNews has the full story here........

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Missing Dog Was Never Stolen

“My wife had given her away, unbeknownst to me,”said husband/owner William Novotny said.  The family had recently moved to a condo from a single-family home. His wife has some health problems and felt the family could no longer properly care for Bella.  Novotny said his wife knew he would oppose giving the animal away — so she secretly placed an ad on Craigslist and offered the dog for free.  She then concocted the Home Depot story as a cover, he said.  Once he found out, he contacted the family who had Bella and said he gave them $750 for the dog’s return.  The Valley Indy Sentinel has the full story here.......

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Jobs Program For Developmentally Disabled

State Rep. Tony Hwang – ranking leader of the Government Administration & Elections (GA&E) Committee support proposed Senate Bill 761 recently during the GA&E public hearing.  SB 761 is an act that calls for making the Janitorial Work Pilot Program, for persons with a disability or a disadvantage, permanent.  http://1.usa.gov/ZJuHJg Rep. Tony Hwang, a passionate advocate of developmentally disabled non-profit entities in our community and added, “The Kennedy Center serves as an amazing advocate for people in our community and this bill will help their clients greatly,” said Rep. Hwang.  “Their collaborative effort helps so many realize their dreams of working and earning a wage, especially when that dream seemed so far away. I thank the Center for the amazing…

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Connecticut Job Numbers Fall By 5,700 In February

The number of jobs in Connecticut fell by 5,700 in February, according to the monthly jobs report released Thursday, although the state's job level is still in positive territory for the year.   Ed Deak, an economist who does forecasts of the Connecticut economy for the New England Economic Partnership, said the big swings in monthly data suggest it's not reliable.  But he said the big picture is clear: Connecticut is not adding jobs as quickly as the nation.  "We seem to be slogging along somewhere at 40 to 60 percent of the recovery of the U.S.," he said.  The Hartford Courant has the full story here.......

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Retired Chief now police officer in Bridgewater

Former Chief of Police for the town of Fairfield recently changed his LinkedIn status to police officer in the town of Bridgewater Connecticut.  I message him and he confirmed it.    Bridgewater is a small community of about 1,800 residents according to the  2000 census and is the last dry town in the state.   Bridgewater is served by one resident state police officer and two other town police officers.  David Peck was the chief in Fairfield from August 2006  to May 2010 when he retired.  He often drove the town's senior citizen's bus,  a constable for Fairfield and consultant Vigilant Resources International in New York.   Anyone who knows the chief knows David enjoyed serving the public and always and upbeat…

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Police receive numerous calls on disturbing video on Facebook

12:02am--#Bridgeport CT--There is a very disturbing video on Facebook of a very small child being sexually assaulted by an adult.  This video has triggered a large number of calls to police departments in the area.   Bridgeport and Stratford Police received many calls.    Police said that unless the caller can identify the person, child or area where the video is originating there is nothing they can do other than report it to the FBI.  There is no way of identifying if it happened in Connecticut.     A viewer told us that her mother called Stratford Police and said they have the link and an investigator is investigating.  Police said not to forward the video but to immediately report it to…

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