Black Rock News: Power Outage
2021-11-19@12:12pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of downed powerlines causing a power outage on Harborview Avenue and Harborview Place. This news report is made possible by:
BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON STATE AGs INVESTIGATION INTO INSTAGRAM’S IMPACTS ON CHILDREN & TEENS
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, released the following statement in response to an investigation into Instagram’s impacts on young people announced today by a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general: “Combined with our Congressional scrutiny, this investigation will shine a bright light on Instagram’s profiting from harm to kids. Facebook can no longer hide or conceal facts that parents need and deserve to know. Mark Zuckerberg must make a choice: either Facebook comes clean on its own, or this bipartisan group of state attorneys general will show the world even more ugly truths.” “Facebook must release its full research, give access to…
THIEVES TARGET SCHOOL BUS FLEET CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
On Thursday morning, November 18, the Trumbull Police were called to investigate anovernight theft of catalytic converters from an entire fleet of student transportationvehicles, at 25 Oakview Drive, forcing the Cooperative Educational Service (CES) School to be closed. Police learned that thieves stole catalytic converters from twenty-eight (28) school owned vehicles, where each of these vehicles had two (2) catalytic converters cut off from them with a reported loss of over $75,000. The Trumbull Police have noticed a drastic increase in the theft of catalytic converterswhich is not only on the rise in Connecticut, but has become a serious problemnationwide. Thieves are targeting business parking lots during the overnight hourswhere many fleet vehicles, trucks, vans, and busses are parked. Thieves…
Fairfield News: Car Drives Into Liquor Store
2021-11-18@5:14pm--#Fairfield CT-- A senior man was not injured when he drove his car into Grasmere Liquor and Wine at 154 Post Road. The building inspector was called to the scene.
Bridgeport News: Child Hit By Car
2021-11-18@2:31pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a child being hit by a car at Jennings Avenue and East Main Street. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Pedestrian Struck
2021-11-18@1:08pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A pedestrian was struck at the intersection of Lenox and Maplewood Avenue.
Stratford News: Cement Mixer Wrapped In Wires
2021-11-18@12:18pm--#Stratford CT-- Report of a cement mixer wrapped in wires in front of Wooster Middle School at Freemont and Lincoln Street. Glad to report no electrical wires are involved. This news report is made possible by: See the deals at: https://www.ladaautosales.com/
BLUMENTHAL URGES FTC INVESTIGATION REGARDING HIGH GAS PRICES
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) during a confirmation hearing for Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, urged the FTC to conduct a vigorous and prompt investigation into skyrocketing gas prices, as requested earlier today by President Joe Biden. Senator Blumenthal is chair of the Consumer Protection Subcommittee with oversight of the FTC. “This investigation is overdue, absolutely necessary, should be pursued vigorously and promptly. The present monopolistic practices of these companies need to be exposed for what they are so consumers understand why prices are rising. And we need to call attention as well to the monopolistic prices of OPEC and the producers of gasoline,” said Blumenthal. “There's no reason that consumers should be left in the dark…
Bank Robber Arrested Within Minutes
#Bridgeprot CT-- #Stratford CT--The Bridgeport Police Department arrested a bank robbery suspect with minutes on Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 2:30 p.m., officers rapidly responded to a panic alarm at the TD Bank branch at 4865 Main St. at the intersection with Old Town Rd. With the help of bank employees and customers, officers were quickly able to broadcast a description of the suspect, the getaway car and the initial getaway route. Minutes later, Bridgeport Detectives located the car on I-95 northbound. The getaway car was eventually stopped in Stratford without incident, and 59 year-old Richard Davila (photograph attached), with a last known address in Stratford, was taken into custody. The stolen money was located in the car. Davila is a convicted…
I-95 Crash
2021-11-18@11:28pm--#Milford CT-- #cttraffic-- A multi-car crash on I-95 southbound near exit 36. All cars are in the left lane and left breakdown lane. This news report is made possible by: