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Suspect Runs From Police, Arrested with Crack

(Bridgeport, CT – Aug 13, 2013) – Police arrested a Pembroke Street man after he fled police. Officers Fabio Pereira and Michael Stanitis conducted a field interview Monday afternoon with several people loitering in the 1200 block of Stratford Avenue. One of the suspects provided a false name and Pereira was running the name on the cruiser laptop when the man, later identified as Jahkeim Boone, 21, ran off on foot. Pereira pursued him in the cruiser and then on foot through several back yards before apprehending him, following a struggle, behind 389 Carroll St. He was arrested and later found with crack cocaine hidden in the brim of his hat. Bond was set at $10,000 on charges of possession…

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Structure Fire in Monroe

12:02am--#Monroe CT--Report of a structure fire at 69 Downs Road.  Fire chief reporting the house is fully involved. No hydrants on the block. They are shuttling in tanker trucks to the scene.  These are cottages off Lake Zoar.  Listen live click here.  UPDATE---12:35am--Firefighters reporting the bulk of the fire has been knocked down and they are overhauling the scene.

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Man Accidentally Shoots Himself in Groin

(Bridgeport, CT – Aug. 12, 2013) – A Bloomfield man was injured after he accidentally shot himself in the groin. Officer Luis Moura was sent to Saint Vincent’s Medical Center at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday on a report of a person shot. Moura alerted other officers that the injury appeared to have been self inflicted and that victim’s car and the firearm were on Edgemore Road. Officer Christopher Robinson responded there and, with the assistance of the fire department, gained access to the car and secured the loaded .40-caliber handgun and other evidence. The victim had a license to carry the gun. No charges were filed but the gun was taken to police headquarters for safe keeping.

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