Fairfield News: Bank Larceny Arrest Made

2020-12-10@2:42pm--Chase Bank at 1401 Post Road contacted Fairfield Police to report a male in their branch making several suspicious withdrawals from an account. An investigation revealed that Igor Injomar Corporan (24 yo) of the Bronx attempted to make 4 withdrawals on the same day from a Chase Bank Account that did not belong to him. A $9,500.00 withdrawal was made by Corporan at the Bridgeport Chase Bank on 12/10/20. He then went to the Fairfield Chase Branch and withdrew $8,500.00, followed by an attempted withdrawal of $5,500.00, 45 minutes later at that same Fairfield Branch. Bank employees recognized the potential fraud and stalled that transaction while waiting for police.  Officers arrived at the bank while Corporan was still inside. There…

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Stratford News: Structure Fire

Fire Department UPDATE: At approx. 10:17 PM, The Stratford Fire Dept. was dispatched to 2037 BroadbridgeAve for a reported structure fire with 4 adults, 3 children, 1 dog and 2 cats insidethe home. All occupants were able to evacuate the home safely. Engine 1, 2, 3, 4,Tac5, Truck 1, responded with a total of 22 Firefighters, One shift Commander, andtwo safety officers. On arrival, heavy fire was pushing out the upstairs bedroomwindow. The fire was under control in approximately 20 minutes with no reportedinjuries to the occupants or fire personnel. Mutual aid was provided by Bridgeportand Milford Fire Departments for station coverage.The structure is not habitable at this time. The American Red Cross responded andprovided assistance to the family.The origin…

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Stratford News: Car Into A Garage

2020-12-10@6:22pm--#Stratford CT-- Report of a car crashing into a garage in the 1200 block of Elm Street. Radio reports say the structure is on top of the car and the driver is unresponsive. First responders on the way. This news report is made possible by:

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Nima’s News: The Economy

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I-95 Crashes

2020-12-10@2:18pm--#Stratford CT-- #Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic--Two separate crashes to report I-95, both southbound. The first one happened at exit 26 and another crash at 32 and 31. Nothing showing up on the traffic cameras. This press release was made possible by:

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Lawsuit Against Facebook

Hartford, CT -- Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general filing a lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging that the company has and continues today to illegally stifle competition to protect its monopoly power. The lawsuit alleges that, over the last decade, the social networking giant illegally acquired competitors in a predatory manner and cut services to smaller competitive threats, depriving users from the benefits of competition and reducing privacy protections and services along the way — all in an effort to boost its bottom line through increased advertising revenue. “Facebook has used its market power and trove of consumer data to unlawfully acquire and squash its competition. Their exclusionary and predatory conduct suffocates innovation, and…

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Fairfield News: Fire At Holy Family School

2020-12-09@4:40pm--#Fairfield CT-- Firefighters were called to Holy Family School located at 140 Edison Road. The school is no longer in use as a school but is used mainly for offices. Firefighters isolated the smoke on the second floor and have secured the electricity that powers a bathroom fan and an electrical ballast that may have caused the smoke condition. Assistant Fire Chief George Gomola said they were concerned because the pastor of the church ran in and got some smoke inhalation but said he will be fine, the pastor was more upset about his school Gomola said. The fire marshal has been called in to investigate the cause of the fire. https://youtu.be/DV1KDKdZ2JE

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ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG ANNOUNCES $86.3 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH MORTGAGE SERVICER NATIONSTAR

Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong joined with 50 other attorneys general and other federal and state agencies today announcing an $86.3 million settlement with Nationstar Mortgage.  Nationstar is the country’s fourth-largest mortgage servicer. The consent judgment resolves allegations that Nationstar, which does business as “Mr. Cooper,” violated consumer protection laws during its servicing of mortgage loans. The settlement provides restitution for a variety of harms that were identified in the investigation. Thousands of borrowers had problems when their loans were transferred to Nationstar, leading to foreclosure in some circumstances.  “This settlement requires direct payments to Connecticut borrowers who suffered grave financial strain as a result of Nationstar’s unacceptable misconduct. Nationstar grossly mishandled thousands of loans across the country--…

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Bridgeport News: 10 Gas Cans Removed From Car After Man Makes Terror Threats

2020-12-08@11:49pm-- #Bridgeport News: Police arrested a man for making terror threats on Main Street between Broad and Lafayette Boulevard, across from the Bijou and the parking garage. The bomb squad from Stamford as well as resources from the state police were called to the scene. A bomb sniffing dog checked the car and bomb technicians moved in. After a through search police opened the car and removed wires and tarps. They then removed at least 10 gasoline containers and one bottle labeled Purex. By 1am the area was confirmed safe to the fire department who were staged a couple blocks away. This is still breaking news and not a lot of details at this time. DoingItLocal is your ONLY breaking…

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Bridgeport News: Man Dies After Neighbors Fear Giving CPR

UPDATE: 14 hours later Scott Appleby replied: Nothing was notated by BPD as to the cause but yes a party was found DOA by a party indicating party was blue and cold. Again, no further information as to the cause and nothing mentioned about COVID. 2020-12-07@10:45AMish-- Monday morning, first responders received calls of an unresponsive male not breathing in the 200 block of Olive Street. Radio reports said that those on the scene were afraid to perform CPR on the man. There was no excuse given for them being afraid. When EMS arrived on the scene the man had already died. When I arrived, police detectives were just arriving. I emailed Bridgeport Police spokesperson Scott Appleby for confirmation and further…

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