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Bridgeport News: Student Calls In Fire In The South End

12:33pm--#Bridgeport CT-- For tenth grader Rafael Rodriguez it was another day walking home from Bassick High School.  But today it was different as he neared Cottage Street and smelled smoke.  He discovered smoke coming out of the 3rd floor and immediately called 911.  As a result, the firefighters were quickly on the scene and was able to keep the smoky fire contained to the third floor.  Firefighters conducted two searches and found no one in the building.  There were no reported injuries.  The photo was contributed by Rafael taken just moments after calling in the fire.   How about some likes for local hero Rafael Rodgriguez?  Way to go!  

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Bridgeport News: Man Confess In Killing 16 Year Old Girl

10:11pm 2/19--Last night, a man called the dispatch center and reported that he just killed his 16 year-old daughter. Officers immediately responded to his apartment at 2292 Fairfield Ave, Second Floor.When they arrived, they found the caller, Richard Segabiro (DOB: 5/5/86), covered in blood and his niece, Francine Nyanzaninka, (who he raised as his daughter) dead in the bathroom of their apartment. She appeared to have been stabbed multiple times. Also in the home at the time of the homicide were Segabiro's wife and three young children, who were unharmed. Segabiro was arrested and later confessed to the stabbing. Segabiro is charged with Murder and is being held on a $1,000,000 bond.   This is the 3rd homicide of 2018 in Bridgeport. 

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