Bridgeport News: Woman Thrown From A Car
2022-02-27@11:50pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a woman being thrown from a car at Connecticut and Central Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport PD MAKE ARREST IN GHOST GUN-DRUG FACTORY OPERATION
#Bridgeport CT--On February 25, 2022, at approximately 7:15PM the Bridgeport Police Department’s Narcotics and Vice Division conducted proactive motor vehicle enforcement in the area of Park Avenue and Austin Street. Members of the Narcotics and Vice Division observed a motor vehicle traveling in that area with an invalid/fake temporary registration and conducted a motor vehicle stop. The operator, identified as 31-year-old Kenneth Joyner of Bridgeport CT, was found to be in possession of an illegal loaded 9mm “Ghost” handgun as well as marijuana packaged for sale. Subsequent to this investigation narcotics officers located another loaded handgun with an obliterated serial number, additional marijuana packaged for sale, a digital scale, and U.S. paper currency. Joyner was charged with Falsifying a Marker…
Tonight’s Vehicle Fire
2022-02-27@9:18pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Tonight's vehicle fire is on I-95 southbound exit 28 on ramp. Nothing showing on the traffic cameras. This news report is made possible by: Visit Interstate's website at: https://ctbattery.com/
Bridgeport News: Crowbar To The Head
Bridgeport News: Crowbar To The Head2022-02-27@1:50pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a person hit in the head with a crowbar in the 200 block of Maple Street (near Kossuth Street). No details due to a lack of administrative transparency so use extreme caution if you are in the area. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Crash!
2022-02-26@10:54pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are investigating a crash at Brooks and Spring Street with injuries. Witnesses told me someone ran the stop sign and the person in the white vehicle fled the scene on foot.
Wrong Way Driver Arrested for DWI in Seymour
On Saturday, 02/26/2022 at approximately 0301 hours, Troop I received emergency 911 calls of a vehicle driving the wrong way on RT 8 southbound near Exit #20. The vehicle was stopped on the RT 8 southbound Exit #22 entrance ramp by Seymour Police Department. The operator was identified as Michael Brown (DOB 02/28/1967). Troopers observed Brown to have glassy and bloodshot eyes. While speaking to Brown, Troopers detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his mouth as he spoke. Troopers administered Standardized Field Sobriety Tests to Brown, which he failed to perform to standard. Brown was placed under arrest for violating C.G.S. 14-227a Operating Under the Influence, C.G.S. 14-237 Driving Wrong Way on Divided Highway, and C.G.S. 14-213…
Bridgeport News: Shot In The Face
#Bridgeport CT-- On February 25, 2022, at approximately 9:30 pm the Bridgeport Emergency Operation Center received reports a male party who walked into an area hospital with a single gunshot wound to the face.The victim, a 29 year old Bridgeport man, was shot on Turner Street by an unknown assailant(s). Bridgeport P.D. Detectives arrived at Bridgeport Hospital and took charge of the investigation. A crime scene was located within the 100 block of Turner Street where the Identification Unit collected evidence and Detectives conducted follow up interviews. The 29-year-old victim was reported to be in stable condition prior to surgery.Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact the case officer, Detective Todd Toth, at 203-581-5291 or utilize the…
Train Engine Fire
Train Engine Fire2022-02-26@12:53am--#Seymour CT--#MTA--A train engine about 1 1/2 miles south from the Seymour train station is reported to be on fire. There are approximately 40 passengers on the train. This is the engine, not the train. Firefighters on the way. Reported to be near Gabby's Auto Body on South Main Street.This news report is made possible by:
GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES SECRETARY MELISSA MCCAW TO DEPART THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Melissa McCaw, secretary of the Office of Policy and Management (OPM), has accepted a position with the Town of East Hartford and will depart the Lamont administration on March 11, 2022. McCaw has served as OPM secretary, Connecticut’s top budget and policy official, since January 2019. She will assume the role of finance director for the Town of East Hartford, where she will work directly with Mayor Mike Walsh to plan and execute annual city budgets, identify strategic goals towards economic development and vitality, and invest in municipal services. “The past few years have seen an extraordinary turnaround and I am proud of…
Today’s Vehicle Fire
2022-02-25 @5:33pm--#Fairfield CT-- #cttraffic Today's vehicle fire is located on Congress Street near the rest area on the Merritt Parkway. Everyone is out of the vehicle and the car was reported to be fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. This news report is made possible by: