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33rd annual Bridgeport Area Retired Firefighters Memorial Service

On Tuesday June 14, 2016 the Westport Fire Department hosted the 33rd annual Bridgeport Area Retired Firefighters Memorial Service at the Church of the Assumption at 7:00 pm.  The event is preceded by a short parade (kicking off at 6:45 pm from the Saugatuck School) which is led by the Connecticut Firefighters Pipes and drums and followed by the area fire departments and their retirees.  This event recognizes those members who have given the “ultimate sacrifice” having died in the line of duty and also remembering those members who have passed away during the past year.

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Westport News: Picking Up Child From School Intoxicated

On 05/05/16, Victoria Lieber appeared intoxicated as she picked up her juvenile child from school. Westport Officers followed up at Lieber’s residence where Lieber smelled of an alcoholic beverage. Lieber failed the field sobriety tests given by the Officers. It was also determined that Lieber threatened the juvenile while driving in the car. A warrant was submitted to Norwalk Court at that time. On 06/09/16, Lieber turned herself in for the active warrant for Risk of Injury to a Minor. (Westport Police Press Release)   This report is made possible by:

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State Police Detectives Seize Weapons, Cash, and Narcotics

#Bridgeport, CT. (June 14, 2016): State Police Detectives from the Statewide Narcotics Task Force - Southwest office (SNTF-SW) and the Statewide Urban Violence & Cooperative Crime Control Task Force (SUVCCC) seized firearms,  narcotics and cash after serving a Search and Seizure warrant in Bridgeport. On June 13, 2016 detectives from the SNTF-SW and SUVCCC conducted surveillance on an apartment at 182 Hanover St. in Bridgeport after receiving intelligence information that the resident, William Akeem Hooks, was trafficking assault rifles and other firearms that were being obtained from southern states along the east coast. While conducting surveillance detectives witnessed Hooks conduct the sale of a firearm. The firearm, a GSG-522 .22 caliber rifle with a pistol grip and silencer, is classified as an assault rifle and was seized…

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Coast Guard Suspends Seaside Park Search For Missing Boater

The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday evening for a person in the water in the vicinity of Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Coast Guard crews searched for nearly 24 hours and covered 78 square miles, south of Bridgeport. During the search, the air temperature was 50 degrees with 25 knots of winds. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received a report of a person in the water at approximately 5:15 p.m. Sunday. It was reported that at approximately 4:30 p.m., two men entered the water from their 14-foot inflatable raft. One male was able to swim to shore but lost sight of the other person in the water. The missing man was reportedly not wearing…

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