Bridgeport News: Street Robbery
10:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man was jumped by two teens at Park Avenue and Pequonnick Street. Taken was cash and his cellphone. Police are investigating.
10:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man was jumped by two teens at Park Avenue and Pequonnick Street. Taken was cash and his cellphone. Police are investigating.
8:50pm--#Bridgeport CT--#Stratford CT--The Dominoes deliveryman from 1802 Barnum Avenue was robbed at gunpoint in front of 145 Cowles Street (off Stratford Avenue). The two robbers netted $19 in cash and the guy's phone.
5:53pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on scene reporting smoke coming from the front of 1952 East Main Street on the first floor for a kitchen fire. If it was really bad they could call our friends at ServPro at 203-981-0402 and he would make it Like it never even happened. UPDATE: It did turn out to be food burning from/in the self cleaning oven.
5:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man was outside the Xtra Mart at 540 Boston Avenue, punched in the face and had $100 taken from him. The suspect fled in a red Ford, the victim got a plate number but it comes back to a different car. Police are investigating. If take your motorcycle or quad out tomorrow and the battery is dead, see Larry at Interstate Battery at 125 Holland Ave, Bridgeport. He even has the hard to find batteries in stock. They are open Saturdays 8pm to 1pm.
3:43pm--#Trumbull CT-- Report of a car that crashed into a wall at Spring Hill Road and Sherman Circle.
12:45pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on the way to Iranistan and Gregory Street where there is a car stuck in the water and occupants are stuck inside. If it looks flooded it probably is! Don't take a chance and you can't blame it on Friday the 13th! The occupants of the car on Iranistan and Gregory got out safely.
12:59am--#Bridgeport CT--UPDATE from Bridgeport Police: A 30-year-old man was stabbed in the shoulder just after midnight this morning by a woman he knows. Officer Ferdinand Ferrao and Sgt. Edward Golding responded to the area of Park Avenue and Olive Street on a report of a stabbing. They located the victim, Brishawn Beason, of Bridgeport, who stated he was accosted by two acquaintances. He stated the female stabbed him in the shoulder while her brother was fighting with him. He only knew the suspects by their first names and believed that the attack was the result of his interest in another female. He proceeded to say that he never dated the female who stabbed him so he didn’t understand why she attacked him. The…
11:20am--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on scene at 785 Chopsey Hill Road for smoke in a basement. Firefighters did not find smoke on their arrival but they are investigating.
6:31pm--#Bridgeport CT--The brick factory at the corner of Helen and Maple Street is on fire, again. About two weeks ago firefighters extinguished a rubbish fire in there.
11:02pm--The rest area on I-95 in Milford has been evacuated due to a leaky carbon dioxide tank. EMS is treating two people with symptoms of having a light head.