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Bridgeport News–Police Arrest Two in Burglary

#Bridgeport, CT -- Jan. 15, 2014 – Two men face burglary charges after police received a report of a burglary in progress on Columbia Street. A concerned citizen called 911 Tuesday reporting seeing two people break into a house through a side window.  Officers Frank D’Amore and Fernando Oquendo responded to the location while the caller provided information to dispatchers, who relayed it to police over the radio. Oquendo detained two men on Ridge Avenue who were carrying items apparently taken from the house. D’Amore, Officers John Perry and Frank Cuccaro and Detective David Garcia checked the house and observed signs of a burglary. Police recovered a range of items from the men including a coin-filled piggy bank, a football, a laptop computer, television…

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Man Arrested in Bank Robbery

#Bridgeport, CT -- -- A 54-year-old man was arrested for his role in robbing a bank this morning. According to Officer Kevin Cronin, two males entered the Webster Bank branch at 3546 Main St. shortly after 9 a.m. One brandished an orange-colored weapon and the males ordered customers to the ground. The men fled the bank with cash but police received information that the suspects got into a black vehicle. Sgt. James Remele subsequently observed a vehicle matching that description but lost sight of it. The Acura was located unoccupied at Park and Olive streets. Police observed a possible suspect in the area and detained him. Employees of the bank came to the scene and identified the man, Tyrone King, of Atlantic Street, as one…

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