Bridgeport News: Water Main Break
2020-01-30@5:58pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Radio reports say that Lafayette Street from Gregory to Atlantic Street is closed due to a water main break. This news report is made possible by:
Westport News: Structure Fire
2020-01-30@12:18pm--#Westport CT-- #ctfire- Firefighters were called to Crooked Mile Road for a chimney fire but was upgraded to a structure fire once flames broke through the roof. Fairfield Fire is providing mutual aid. If its really bad, our sponsor can make it Like It Never Even Happened!
Trumbull News: Possible Kidnapping On The Merritt
2020-01-30@11:56am--#Trumbull CT-- #cttraffic--State police received a call from a woman on the Merritt Parkway between exits 48 and 49. It sounds like the male was arrested by state police. There was also an unrelated car accident further up from this scene. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Multiple Injured In Crash
11:00am--#Bridgeport CT-- 2020-01-30@11:00am-- #Bridgeport CT-- Multiple people were injured in a crash at Park Avenue and Capitol Avenue. Four ambulances were dispatched to the scene and at least two people were in trauma according to the radio reports.
FBI Asked To Investigate
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Wednesday called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to investigate reports that a high-level Saudi official hacked Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos’s phone in an effort to influence—if not silence—the Post’s reporting on Saudi Arabia and the death of Jamal Khashoggi. In the letter, Murphy called specifically for an investigation into this case and any other U.S. citizens who may have been hacked as part of this campaign to intimidate opponents of the Kingdom, and requested a briefing for Congress on the status of any current investigation and all preliminary and final conclusions. Murphy wrote: “The operation…
Trumbull News: Teen Arrested Twice For Trumbull Mall Robberies
A 14-year-old Bridgeport teen was arrested Sunday afternoon, January 26, following his involvement in two robberies at the Westfield Trumbull Mall. The teen was identified as the suspect in two separate incidents where cellphones were snatched from mall shoppers and he was subsequently charged with robbery and other related charges. At about 5:30 p.m., on January 25th, the 14-year-old teen, along with his 17-year-old brother and other unidentified teens, grabbed a cellphone from the hands of a teenaged girl at the Westfield Trumbull Mall, before they fled the area. The two brothers were later apprehended by police, but the other teens escaped and were not identified. Both teen brothers were charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery 3rd degree, Conspiracy…
Westport News: Voting Deadlines
Westport, CT – The Registrars of Voters announced the following : Connecticut is one of a small number of states that requires voters to join a political party prior to the day of a primary election or caucus for nominating candidates. As a result, voters often discover they are ineligible to participate in a primary until they arrive at their polling place. It is unknown at this time which parties will hold primaries in 2020. However, it is advisable to be proactive and check your voter registration status prior to any anticipated primary. In 2020, party primaries are scheduled for: April 28: Presidential Primaries 4/23: Deadline for new/unaffiliated voters to register or change parties (online or postmarked mail) 4/27 @ noon: Deadline for new/unaffiliated voters to…
Bridgeport News: Underwear Assault
2020-01-28@10:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Security at St. Vincent's Hospital called police to file assault charges on a patient who threw his underwear at an emergency room technician. What happened to turn the other cheek. Oh that's right, it only happens when they assault me. This news report is made possible by:
Westport Police Arrest Four for Wireless Store Larceny
#Westport, CT At approximately 4:30pm on the afternoon of Sunday January 26, 2020, the Westport Police Department’s emergency dispatch center was contacted by staff of the T-Mobile wireless store, located at 1799 Post Road East, reporting a larceny. The initial report was that three suspects had entered the store wearing masks and had immediately begun to steal a number of wireless phones from the displays within. It was explained that these suspects allegedly began forcibly removing displayed demonstration cell phones by ripping them from the various cases that they were affixed to. After a short period inside the store gathering merchandise, the suspects quickly then left the area in a waiting vehicle reportedly driven by a fourth suspect. The total…
Bridgeport News: Crash With Ejection
2020-01-28@9:44pm--#Bridgeport CT--#cttraffic--A rollover accident with ejection Route 8/25 near exit 3. One person located, firefighters are searching for the 2nd occupant. This news report is made possible by: