The Westport Police Department Local Union #2080 and Police Benevolent Association will be hosting their Annual Holiday Toy Drive, which provides toys for underprivileged children throughout Fairfield County and beyond. The program has been extremely successful in the past, allowing for thousands of toys to be distributed to children who otherwise would have none. We ask for your continued support and generosity to help make this year’s drive as successful as in the past. By doing so, you will bring joy to so many children who often have none. Westport Police Officers will accept new, unopened, and unwrapped toys, as well as cash donations, in the parking lot of ASF Sports & Outdoors, located at 1560 Post Road East, Westport,…
Norwalk News: Crash That Closed The Merritt
This evening at 7:42PM the Westport Fire Department received a call for the accident with injuries on the Merritt Parkway Northbound between Exit 41 and Exit 42. The Westport Fire Department responded with Engine 2, Rescue 3 and Car 3 with a total of 8 firefighters and officers. Units arrived to find the Connecticut State Police on scene with a 3 vehicle accident involving two cars and a tow truck with 6 injured, 3 with serious injuries and 3 with non-life threating injuries. All of the injured were out of the vehicles and Westport Firefighters began treating them. Westport EMS and Norwalk Hospital ambulances responded to continue patient care and transport the injured to the hospital. The accident had blocked…
Another Merritt Crash
UPDATE: Updated to a four crash and second crash is reported closer to the Fairfield line. 2:05pm--#cttraffic--#Westport Connecticut--#Fairfield Connecticut--Another 3 car crash reported on the Merritt Parkway northbound at exit 42. This news report is made possible by:
Westport Town Tree Lighting Dec. 1
#Westport Connecticut--First Selectman Jim Marpe announced today that the Town’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremonywill take place at Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Avenue, on Thursday, December 1 at 5 pm. TheStaples High School Orphenians will perform a selection of seasonal songs.
Westport News: Disorderly Conduct and Reckless Use of the Highway
On 11/18/16 at approximately 3:30pm, Westport Officers observed a male, whom they immediately recognized to be Leroy Williams, panhandling on the I95 southbound exit 17 off ramp. Officers asked Williams to leave the area. Williams appeared to be complying with the request as he began to gather his belongings and walk from the exit ramp into the intersection of Saugatuck Avenue. Williams then stopped in the middle of the intersection and began screaming that the officers were racist. Williams was asked to get out of the roadway and he refused. The intersection was congested with traffic, and while Williams stood in the roadway, southbound traffic was unable to pass and northbound traffic had to swerve to avoid hitting him. Again,…
Merritt Parkway Rollover
2:59pm--#cttraffic--#Fairfield Connecticut--#Westport Connecticut-- A report of a rollover accident Merritt Parkway northbound between exits 41 and 42. First responders on the way. This news report is made possible by:
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True…
#Westport Connecticut--In July of 2016, the victim of this incident reported she was scammed by the suspect, Bobby Megel, regarding repair work done to her vehicle. Megel solicited the victim to repair dents in her vehicle while she was on the Sherwood Island Connector. Megel convinced the victim to pay him $415.00 for the repair work. Megel made the vehicle appear fixed, but as time went on, he actually did more damage to it. The victim knew the suspects name because she originally wrote him a check addressed to him, but Megel convinced her to pay cash. The victim still had the check in her possession. An arrest warrant was completed for the charges listed above. On 11/09/16, Westport Officers…
Westport News: Fire At School
This morning at 9:17 AM the Westport Fire Department responded to 17 Morningside Drive South, Greens Farms Elementary School for the reported fire on the outside of the building. First arriving fire department units found a fire on the exterior of the building in the area of the natural gas service and requested the additional units to assist. Although school was not in session the school was open as a polling station for today’s presidential election and the building was evacuated by firefighters with the assistance of Westport Police Department. The fire was quickly extinguished with damage being limited to a plastic fence and the surroundinglandscape and the building was quickly reoccupied so that voting could continue. An investigation into…
Westport News: Traffic Stop Nets Drugs and Handgun
On 10/24/2016 at approximately 10:00pm, Officer David Scinto was on routine patrol on Post Road East in the area of Maple Avenue. Officer Scinto observed a white Nissan sedan traveling eastbound on the Post Road. The vehicle did not have a front license plate and the rear license plate light was not functioning. The vehicle was stopped and the operator was identified as Donald Flamer. Officer Scinto deployed Police Service Dog “Atlas” to the exterior of the vehicle. Atlas is a certified narcotics detection K9 on both state and national levels. Atlas indicated to Officer Scinto the presence of a narcotic odor, so he was deployed to the interior of the vehicle. Atlas continued to indicate on several areas of…
Westport Police Social Media Links
The Westport Police Department would like to inform citizens that three social media accounts have been created to help spread knowledge quickly. The pages will include events hosted by the department, arrest reports, press releases, road closures or hazardous conditions as well as helpful tips and information from officers. Like and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at Westport Police Department Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/westportctpolice/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westportctpd/ Twitter: @WPDCT https://twitter.com/search?q=wpdct&src=typd (Westport Press Release) This report is made possible by: