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Stratford News: Domestic Arrest Leads To Other Charges

Christopher Fulton age 52 of Stratford was arrested following a domestic dispute at his residence. During the incident, Fulton verbally argued with his girlfriend. After the argument became physical Fulton made statements that he was going to kill his girlfriend and her cat. The female victim was able to lock herself in a room and call for police assistance. Fulton who had fled the scene prior to police arrival was arrested in Fairfield with the assistance of the Fairfield Police Department. He was taken into custody without incident.  A firearm and ammunition were seized by officers at the residence. Fulton was held on a $50,000 dollar bond which he was able to post and he was scheduled to appear in…

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Bridgeport News: Police Have Strong Lead In Homicide of 12 Year Old Boy

#Bridgeport News: Police say they have a person of interest and expect an arrest soon in the shooting death of a 12 year old boy. Earlier today Mayor Joseph Ganim and Bridgeport Police Chief AJ Perez visited the grieving family of Clinton Howell who was gun downed in a drive-by shooting Tuesday night around 9pm. Perez said the boy was not the intended target. Captain Brian Fitzgerald said the boy was shot in the chest in what he described as a “unsurvivable, grave wound to the chest. Fitzgerald said they are investigating several individuals right now with one strong person of interest. Chief Perez said he told the family that he cannot bring back their child but he will bring…

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Bridgeport Police: 12 Year Old Killed In Drive-By Shooting

Christmas Eve UPDATE: I was just informed that Mayor Ganim and Chief Perez just visited the family to inform them of an arrest made in this homicide.   UPDATE: Police say shots were fired in front of 289 Willow Street. A 12-year-old Clinton Howell, a seventh-grader at Bridge Academy was struck at least twice by gunfire while in front of this location. The victim was transported by EMS to Bridgeport Hospital and was pronounced dead a short time later. It does not appear at this point that the victim was the intended target. Detectives are working several leads, and have made swift progress in the investigation. The identity of the victim is pending examination at the Office of the Chief Medical…

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Shelton Girl Scouts Help Kids at Boys & Girls Village

How about some likes for these kids? Using a portion of their cookie sale proceeds, the troop of eight middle-school aged girls purchased gifts on the wish lists of disadvantaged children served by the Boys & Girls Village organization. Monetary donations were also gathered from troop families to help meet their needs, for a combined donation of over $300. “The girls are old enough to understand how blessed we are and how much we have,” explained troop co-leader, Kathryn Cavallaro. “They said they wanted to so do something to give presents to other children, and gifts at the holidays are a great way to help and get the girls involved.” The troop is a long-standing community partner with Boys &…

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Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Service Receives Major Grant

Westport Volunteer EMS has received an $80,000 grant from the Daniel Edward Offutt, III Private Foundation Trust to purchase a new state of the art cardiac monitor/defibrillator and to help fund the purchase of a new paramedic fly car. A new Physio-Control Lifepak 15 cardiac monitor/defibrillator, costing $30,000, will replace a 12-year-old Lifepak 12 unit. The new unit features advanced functions such as Carbon monoxide and meth hemoglobin monitoring as well as numerous other advanced functions ranging from vital signs monitoring to heart pacing. In addition, $50,000 is allocated to the replacement of a paramedic fly car that has reached the end of its useful life after 16 years of service.   “We rely primarily on numerous individual donations each…

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